NASA's PREFIRE mission uses two small CubeSats to measure far-infrared radiation emitted by Earth's polar regions, offering ...

Because of the Earth's curvature, the rays must travel further through the atmosphere, with more chance of being reflected. In polar regions, snow and ice cover reflect much more of the solar ...

Climate change is amplified in the polar regions. The northern and southern reaches of the planet are warming faster than any area on Earth, with the Arctic ocean and air temperatures rising twice as ...