Why is the south pole colder than the north pole on Earth and on Mars?

eanassir

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Why is the south pole of Earth colder and with more ice than the north pole?
and the same situation on Mars also? :faroah:
 

eanassir

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Absolutely right. :faroah:

As in the Quran 6: 96
فَالِقُ الإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ذَلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ

The explanation:
([He is] the Cleaver of [the atom in the sun for] radiating light, and has appointed the night for resting, and the sun and the moon for reckoning.

That is the ordaining of [God] the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing.)
 
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The South pole is 9186 feet above sea level, and is surrounded by a thick sheet of ice on top of a continent. The North pole is by comparison pretty much at sea level, and is surrounded by a large resevoir of heat, the Arctic ocean. That is why the South pole is colder than the North pole.
 

gerryh

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I'd hazard a guess and say that it also has something to do with the earths axial tilt....... but what do I know.
 

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The reason why our South Pole is super cold is because of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, and its also the reason such a large ice sheet exists there.

The south pole still gets 24hr light during our winter, opposite of the north Pole
 

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I'd hazard a guess and say that it also has something to do with the earths axial tilt....... but what do I know.

The axial tilt means that for half of the year, the earth's Northern hemisphere receives more sun, and for the other half, the Southern hemisphere receives more sun. The main reason that we have seasons in a year.
 

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no matter what the braniacs come up with. I agree with ennasir on the basic premise. God, or Allah, is ultimately the reason for and responsible for how everything works.

The South pole is 9186 feet above sea level, and is surrounded by a thick sheet of ice on top of a continent. The North pole is by comparison pretty much at sea level, and is surrounded by a large resevoir of heat, the Arctic ocean. That is why the South pole is colder than the North pole.


Robert Bindschadler, a senior fellow and glaciologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, explains.
Both polar regions of the earth are cold, primarily because they receive far less solar radiation than the tropics and mid-latitudes do. At either pole the sun never rises more than 23.5 degrees above the horizon and both locations experience six months of continuous darkness. Moreover, most of the sunlight that does shine on the polar regions is reflected by the bright white surface.
What makes the South Pole so much colder than the North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick ice sheet, which itself sits on a continent. The surface of the ice sheet at the South Pole is more than 9,000 feet in elevation--more than a mile and a half above sea level. Antarctica is by far the highest continent on the earth. In comparison, the North Pole rests in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, where the surface of floating ice rides only a foot or so above the surrounding sea.�The Arctic Ocean also acts as an effective heat reservoir, warming the cold atmosphere in the winter and drawing heat from the atmosphere in the summer.

Answer originally published May 5, 2003.

Why is the South Pole colder than the North Pole?: Scientific American

looks like Ton get's the prize for the most scientifically accurate.
 

Johnnny

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I should get 2nd than if its a competition because the circumpolar current keeps warm water at bay and is the reason why there isnt a large resevoir of warm water around antartica.Which has allowedfor the development of the big glaciars :)... But ill leave the scientific judging to people like tonnington and dexter, cause a good judge shouldnt have to google the right answer ;)
 

eanassir

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The South pole is 9186 feet above sea level, and is surrounded by a thick sheet of ice on top of a continent. The North pole is by comparison pretty much at sea level, and is surrounded by a large resevoir of heat, the Arctic ocean. That is why the South pole is colder than the North pole.

And why is the same for the poles on Mars: the south is colder than the north?
Is it only by chance that both is the same on Earth and on Mars?
 

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And why is the same for the poles on Mars: the south is colder than the north?
Is it only by chance that both is the same on Earth and on Mars?
Why argue? You believe it is Allah's work. You know you're right, right?

If you truly believed that you were right, what need of arguing do you have?
 

eanassir

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Why argue? You believe it is Allah's work. You know you're right, right?

If you truly believed that you were right, what need of arguing do you have?

Everything in the universe has actually being done and created by God Almighty ;
but on the other hand to every act there is an actor, and for every result there is its cause, and to every movement there is the mover.
 

CDNBear

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Everything in the universe has actually being done and created; but on the other hand to every act there is an actor, and for every result there is its cause, and to every movement there is the mover.
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