When a bumblebee was found in 1902 on Novaya Zemlya in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, entomologists were surprised. It wasn’t a sensation, though. The insect could have been brought to the islands by the wind from the mainland. At that time, there was no...
Wiese Island is an isolated Russian island in the Arctic Ocean, named after Russian oceanographer Vladimir Wiese. A hydrometeorological polar station was established on November 1, 1945. The polar station of Wiese Island is one of the northernmost in the world. There...
Early at the beginning of summer, the ice cover at the North Pole has cracked open. This photo was taken in early April 2012 directly at the North Pole. (Image: Heiner Kubny) The duration of the ice season will be shorter due to later freezing and earlier ice opening....
Monsoon rains in India repeatedly claim dozens of lives and leave great devastation in their wake. (Photo: Dasarath Deka) In a study conducted by India’s National Center for Polar and Ocean Research, scientists have found that the decline in the extent of sea...
The novel moss species was found earlier in the southern summer of 2016-17, but was not recognized as a new plant species until it had been sufficiently tested. (Photo: Felix Bast) A team of Indian scientists has discovered a new species of moss at Bharati Station in...