title: Shrinking ice caps in the spotlight.
abstract: From the disappearing sea ice of the Arctic to the thriving microbial communities in subglacial lakes of Antarctica, the Earth's ice caps have often made the news in recent months and years, and polar science has emerged as being crucial to our understanding of our planet's biology and climate. Michael Gross reports.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D000864:Antarctic Regions; D001110:Arctic Regions; D057231:Climate Change; D046448:Ice Cover; D060106:Lakes / Q000382:microbiology*; D009792:Oceans and Seas