by Heiner Kubny | Aug 14, 2020 | Archive, Climate change, Science, Science
The crater appeared in the 1960s after the forest was cleared in the area for road construction. (Photo: s-vfu.ru) Known to the locals as the “gateway to the underworld”, “Batagaika” is the biggest result of permafrost thawing on the planet....
by Heiner Kubny | Aug 13, 2020 | Antarctic, Archive, Economy, Industry, Politics
When the bait hooks are released from the stern of the vessel, they are still visible at the sea surface for a long time. Thousands of birds see food in the bait and get caught in the hooks. New Zealand amended its legislation in January 2020 to prevent the by-catch...
by Heiner Kubny | Aug 12, 2020 | Archive, Science, Science, technology
The Princess Elisabeth Station is a Belgian polar research station built during the International Polar Year 2007-2008 in the interior of the Princess Ragnhild Coast in Queen Maud Land. (Photo: International Polar Foundation) Before the closure of the Belgian...
by Heiner Kubny | Aug 10, 2020 | Archive, Climate change, Science, Science
Canada’s last intact ice sheet has collapsed, losing a huge ice field of 79 square kilometers. The satellite image shows the broken off piece marked with a red outline. (Image: ESA / Copernicus Sentinenel-1) Canada’s last intact ice sheet has collapsed,...
by Heiner Kubny | Aug 7, 2020 | Archive, Art, Culture
Comedian and writer Peter Igupttaq Autut from Nunavut, Canada, won thisyear’s Sally ManningAward for his story about hunting and fishing with his father as a child. (Photo: Beth Brown) Canadian writer and comedian Peter Igupttaq Autut has received the Sally...
