How meltwater and calving are linked at Helheim Glacier
Freshwater plumes of meltwater off the calving front apparently prevent large icebergs from calving as long as they persist.
Freshwater plumes of meltwater off the calving front apparently prevent large icebergs from calving as long as they persist.
The Sámi feel that allowing mining on their land is neither green nor pleasant
The UK’s new research vessel, RSS “Sir David Attenborough” has completed its field test in Antarctica and gained valuable experience.
But it needs anchoring to be sustainable
Rockhopper penguins know their way around steep terrain. New studies show that the little guys have a lot going for them in other ways, too.
The cruise industry has been working toward more climate-friendly ships for a while now. Hurtigruten wants to play a pioneering role.
A Swiss start-up company wants to combine ice cream with Arctic products to give people a taste of the High North.
Rapid ice loss in the Arctic is creating more and more open water, which emits more gases and aerosols that affect the climate.
A papal visit to apologise for church abuses would not be unprecedented, but indigenous groups say it is essential
American researchers have discovered why Antarctic sea ice is melting faster than it is building up: simply because of solar radiation.
In less than a decade, an unprecedented collaborative project has succeeded in tripling the Klinse-Za caribou population.
Russia’s settlements in Svalbard are popular with tourists. The firm that runs them is not
Sound is carried faster in warmer Arctic waters than in colder ones, which means good news and bad news for Arctic marine mammals and other animals.
Antarctic fish have adapted over thousands of years to survive in the freezing temperatures of Antarctic waters. In the process, they have lost the ability to grow quickly.
Compared to West Antarctica, climate change has had little impact on East Antarctica. But this could now be over.
August Heinrich Petermann was a German cartographer of great importance. His claim that the North Pole was an ice-free ocean was a big mistake.
Quark Expeditions not only offers an unprecedented product with “Greenland Adventure” but also a new way for operators and local communities to work together.
Copenhagen’s response to the war in Ukraine is putting relations in the Kingdom of Denmark to the test
In addition to Australia and New Zealand, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is now also looking for workers for operations in Antarctica. According to James Miller, a BAS human-resources spokesperson, the jobs are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: “We have world-class labs, housing, offices and technical facilities at the five BAS-operated research stations. We need the best […]
After a three-year break, the company Hvalur hf. wants to continue the actually unprofitable whaling in Icelandic fishing areas.
According to recent results, the Vikings were driven out of southern Greenland not because of decreasing temperatures, but because of increasing drought.
Finland’s choice of its next fighter jet is a much about keeping its friends close as its enemies away
A new study identifies 21 European rivers, including the Rhine, as sources of microplastic pollution in the Arctic Ocean.
At both ends of the globe, heat waves with temperature differences of up to 40°C above average have completely surprised and amazed experts.