Polar Regions

plural noun

1. the regions within the Arctic and Antarctic circles.

Example Sentences

But for opponents, the risks are simply too great – particularly for the fragile polar regions, about which much remains unknown.

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If a country were to deploy geoengineering against the wishes of others, it could "increase geopolitical tensions in polar regions", according to Dr Valerie Masson-Delmotte, senior scientist at the Université Paris Saclay in France.

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"The reversal of the polar magnetic fields on the Sun has been one of the big open questions in science and what we will be able to do with Solar Orbiter is measure for the first time the really important fluid flows that grab pieces of the magnetic field across the Sun and transport them to the polar regions".

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This will sweep southwards, introducing cooler air from the polar regions.

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"However, our analysis of the datasets shows that the decline in surface albedo in the polar regions only accounts for roughly 15 percent of the most recent decline in planetary albedo," Helge Goessling explains.

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