More frequent and more violent storms, less sea ice, ice shelves breaking apart, and Antarctic organisms under huge pressure: Antarctica’s future could look gloomy. But when and how that will really happen is subject of current research. (Photo: Michael Wenger)...
Seemingly tightly packed together, king penguins form a huge unit, which is supposed to make it difficult for predators to attack individual birds. Or is it earlier detection of enemies that makes such aggregations emerge? (Photo: Michael Wenger) One of the most...
A catamaran-like structure and two sails that convert into wings when needed that’s “SailMAV,” a brainchild of a Swiss-British research project. Image: EMPA / Imperial College London When monitoring Arctic wildlife, scientists face the problem of the...
Most areas of the world’s oceans, especially the polar oceans, were up to 5°C warmer on July 22 than the average between 1991 – 2020, NOAA’s map shows (Graphic: NOAA) Many countries in Europe, parts of the USA and Canada, and also large parts of...
The brothers Ollie (l) and Harry (r) Ferguson and their replicas of the famous ships “Erebus” and “Terror”, on which James Clark Ross sailed the Southern Ocean between 1839 and 1843. The replicas will now follow that lead. Image: MacNeill...