Baking as “punishment”! Swiss braided bread is too bland for my French and Italian colleagues, so I add more sugar, lemon zest, butter and raisins and call it brioche. (Photo: Matthias Jaggi / SLF) SLF technician Matthias Jaggi reports on his expedition to...
A blizzard with brutally cold temperatures hit Iowa and neighboring states on Jan. 12, 2024. Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images By Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowell Over the past few days, extremely cold Arctic air and severe winter weather have swept...
“My idea is that we can use nature’s own solutions to make our crops and fields more resistant to climate change.” Eske Willerslev. Screen shot : PolarJournal / Arctic Hub / YouTube This article by Sara Kirstine Hald was originally published by...
Flat and white as far as the eye can see. This is my workspace in the “forbidden area”. (Photo: Matthias Jaggi / SLF) Currently, SLF technician Matthias Jaggi is working at the Concordia Station in the middle of Antarctica, researching snow. In his blog, he reports on...
The Argentine research station, Base Primavera, on the Antarctic Peninsula. (Photo: Shaun Brooks) By Shaun Brooks, CSIRO Scientific research in Antarctica has played a key role in many important discoveries of the past century. But it has also come at a considerable...