What causes the temperatures at the north and south poles to remain so cold?

Answer 1

The North and South Poles of Earth are colder because they get the least amount of sun. In some seasons they don't hardly receive any sunlight. The equator gets the most sunlight, which is the tropics. In between the tropics and the poles is the temperate zone where we have 4 different seasons that usually involves snow.

Answer 2

Even in midsummer, the sun is not very high in the sky. So it doesn't warm up much. In winter the night lasts for nearly six months, so there is plenty of time for the pole to become really cold. The South pole is also high above sea level, so it's cold.

Answer 3

The temperatures at the poles remains low because solar radiation travels through more atmosphere to reach those locations than to reach other parts of the surface, and so looses much of its heating capability in warming the atmosphere through which it passes. In combination with this, the substantial accumulation of snow and ice at both poles helps to keep the temperatures there low.

Answer 4

They are both so far away from the sun that they really don't get that much heat from it. And since the heat from the sun has to travel through a lot more of the Earth's atmosphere to get there it's just not that warm. And with the build up of ice from winters, which last like 10 out of the 12 month of the year, it stay pretty cold.

Answer 5

very little sun. The rays of the sun dont touch the north or south poles very much.

Answer 6

What causes it is the sun will never hit directly on the poles so it will always stay cold

Answer 7

The sun rises and sets once each year, which means that for six months annually, there is no sun at either pole.

Answer 8

At both poles, there is only one sunrise and one sunset per year, meaning that at both poles, there are six months of no sun. This contributes to their cold environments.