by Julia Hager | Jul 2, 2020 | Archive, Climate change, Science
The air temperature has been recorded at the Amundsen-Scott station at the South Pole for more than 60 years. Photograph: Eye Ubiquitous/Alamy Stock Photo According to a new study, temperatures at the South Pole have been rising three times faster than the global...
by Julia Hager | Jun 29, 2020 | Archive, Social, Society
The Yamal-Nenets traditionally depend on their reindeer herds. Within Russia, they sell the meat, the antlers end up as a supposed virility enhancement in Chinese markets. Photo: PW PIX After a severe outbreak of anthrax among the world’s largest reindeer...
by Julia Hager | Jun 25, 2020 | Archive, Science, Science
Spring tails, here the Antarctic springtail (Cryptopygus antarcticus), are typical soil inhabitants worldwide and form an important component in material cycles between plants and soil. Photograph: Pete Bucktrout/British Antarctic Survey Microplastics have been...
by Julia Hager | Jun 23, 2020 | Archive, Climate change, Industry
An image of the Ambarnaya River just before it flows into Lake Pyasino north of Norilsk on May 31, 2020, taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, showing the waters colored red by the spilled diesel. Photo: ESA The disaster in Norilsk is strongly linked to...
by Julia Hager | Jun 19, 2020 | Archive, Climate change, Science, Science
The shell of this pteropod snail (Pteropoda), a species of conch, was damaged by acidified ocean water. This is shown by the lines running from the inside out. Photo: NOAA The Arctic Ocean will absorb more CO2 this century than most climate models have calculated so...
