Poles

Poles, or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe. The preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland defines the Polish nation as comprising all the citizens of Poland, regardless of heritage or ethnicity. The majority of Poles adhere to Roman Catholicism. The population of self-declared Poles in Poland is estimated at 37,394,000 out of an overall population of 38,512,000, of whom 36,522,000 declared Polish alone. A wide-ranging Polish diaspora exists throughout Europe, the Americas, and in Australasia. Today, the largest urban concentrations of Poles are within the Warsaw and Silesian metropolitan areas. Ethnic Poles are considered to be the descendants of the ancient West Slavic Lechites and other tribes that inhabited the Polish territories during the late antiquity period. Poland's recorded history dates back over a thousand years to c.

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Mars has enough wind to power bases near the poles all year round

Laying Geological Groundwork for Life on Earth – Early Plate Tectonics, Flipping of Geomagnetic Poles

Learning about the first animals on Earth from life at the poles

The Moon’s Poles Have “Wandered” Over Billions of Years

Scientists stumped by mysterious cyclones at Jupiter's poles

Asteroid impacts shifted the moon's poles over billions of years

Scientists Say Refreezing Earth’s Poles Is Feasible and Remarkably Cheap

Refreezing poles feasible and cheap, new study finds

Earth’s Magnetic Poles Are Not Likely To Flip

Rocket launches can create shiny clouds far from poles, study shows

Dinosaurs Survived Through Freezing Poles Before Jurassic Jungles

The Rapid Changes We’re Seeing With the Earth’s Magnetic Field Don’t Mean the Poles are About to Flip. This is Normal

Earth's magnetic poles probably won't flip soon, after all

Earth's Magnetic Poles Probably Won't Flip After All, Scientists Predict

Earth’s Magnetic Poles Not Likely To Flip In The Near Future

Earth's magnetic poles not likely to flip anytime soon

Palms at the poles: Fossil plants reveal lush southern hemisphere forests in ancient hothouse climate

Ice at the moon’s poles might have come from ancient volcanoes

Micronovae: Astronomers identify a new type of stellar explosion after spotting three white dwarfs bursting at their magnetic poles.

Newly discovered 'micronovae' shoot out of the magnetic poles of cannibalistic stars