The polar retrospective – size, gender, Greenland
While last week a study dispelled a historical myth about gender differences in size, the link between a historical scandal and the issue of women’s and human rights was discussed in Denmark.
While last week a study dispelled a historical myth about gender differences in size, the link between a historical scandal and the issue of women’s and human rights was discussed in Denmark.
Initial results from an international expedition along the West Antarctic Peninsula reveal that Adélie penguins are unaffected carriers of avian flu.
The two most common species of penguin in the South Georgia archipelago have just shown signs of vulnerability to the avian flu virus.
The retreat of sea ice in the Arctic raises many questions: When will the Arctic be ice-free? What does the loss of ice mean on a large and small scale? Will primary production increase as a result? What about sea ice drift?
Below a global temperature rise of 2°C, the glaciers of the Weddell Sea will not be irreversibly affected by warm-water currents by the end of the century. Foresight.
He’s back! Having returned from Antarctica, SLF technician Matthias Jaggi talks about new insights into snowpack structure.
Japan’s first Arctic research vessel is currently being built and is scheduled to start operations in 2026. It will bear the name “Mirai II”, which translates as “future II”.
The new EU project POLARIN will provide 50 international institutions with access to research infrastructure in the polar regions over the next five years.
The exact reason that rivers in northern Alaska have turned orange is unknown, researcher tells Polar Journal.
Thinning, shrinking, sliding and mega-cracks… Ice shelves in Antarctica have been losing their footing since 1940.
The unprecedented long-term project Ocean Warrior is in the midst of final preparations making great progress.
The new Low Earth Orbit satellites could make the country dependent on a foreign tech giant but could also help provide stable access in remote parts.
It could make be possible to predict extreme summer weather in Europe months or even years in advance by studying the melting of Arctic ice.
A new discovery shows that male sea spider take care of their young in the icy waters of the Antarctic.
A new study published in Nature examines the economic value of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean to the global economy.
Mammals introduced to islands benefit from the “surprise effect” on an evolutionary scale, causing the disappearance of many seabirds. On Kerguelen, hyperspecialized cats threaten the chicks of great albatrosses.
Little is still known about the reasons that Greenlanders end up on the street.
A recently published study focuses on how global warming, by reducing the mobility of Canadian Arctic Inuit, is affecting their mental health.
The highly pathogenic bird flu has reached the Antarctic: the H5N1 virus has been detected in two dead skuas found on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Last Thursday and Friday, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s Polar Symposium took place in the century-old Oceanographic Museum, between the Palais princier and the Mediterranean, bringing together scientists and experts, advocacy officers and directors of organizations, representatives of indigenous peoples and heads of state.
On the occasion of International Polar Bear Day, PolarJournal takes stock of the king of the Arctic in Greenland with an interview of Fernando Ugarte.
New research shows how individual weather events can have long-term effects on the world’s largest ice sheets.
Antarctic krill is only slightly contaminated with microplastics and is therefore well suited for monitoring the contamination of the Southern Ocean with microplastics.
Three new communities in the Eastern Hudson Bay region have been connected to the fibre-optic network, according to an announcement by Hilda Snowball, President of the Kativik region, on Monday.