Belugas are among those whales whose tissues were analysed for microplastics in the study. The research team found plastic particles in the blubber, in the fat pad of the lower jaw and in the lungs of the four animals examined. (Photo: Heiner Kubny) Microplastics...
Elephant seals are lending a helping “head” in monitoring their habitat, the Southern Ocean. The probes cause no problems for the mammals, but provide critically important data for science. Image: Nico de Bruyn The first Southern Ocean Observing System...
The North Atlantic ocean around South Greenland is one of the few regions where oxygen-rich surface water sinks down to the deep ocean due to severe cooling, thus driving the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. (Photo: Julia Hager) The Atlantic Meridional...
Links: Der Leuchtturm auf dem Berg Qaqqaliaq ist die Empfangs- und Verteilerstation, in der alle aufgezeichneten Unterwassergeräusche ankommen und in die Welt gesendet werden. Besucher können den alten Aussichtsturm oberhalb des Leuchtturms betreten und den...
Given the rapid warming in the Arctic, the days of permafrost soils such as here on Svalbard seem numbered. Dormant within them are countless microorganisms, including potential pathogens that can be released as the soils thaw. (Photo: Julia Hager) Thawing permafrost...