For 30 million years, the North and South Poles have been kingdoms of ice and snow. But now, they are at risk from climate change. The Antarctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world. Arctic temperatures are rising even faster.

Researchers at both ends of the Earth are gathering tens of thousands of data points and creating trillions of bytes of data on the subject.

Today, a new generation of satellites, including Starlink and OneWeb, covers the entire world. But they are especially vulnerable to interference from bad weather, which is common at the ends of the Earth. A company called Speedcast offers connectivity solutions for more reliable data transfer and communications in remote regions, such as the poles, which will enable climate change research.

Watch the video here, and look out for an article on Speedcast in ST‘s February 2025 issue.