The Que Sera has been hired by Pacifique, a Geneva-based foundation that combines science, education and art on board its sailing ships. They have just crossed the Canadian Arctic, with its tortuous inlets, ice and gales.
Sea ice cover in the Southern Ocean has remained well below the long-term average practically since the beginning of this year, leading scientists to conclude that Antarctic sea ice has entered a new state.
If we maintain the current climate, the rate of melting of the Antarctic glaciers will reach a point of no return within 400 years on average, but each additional tenth of a degree of warming brings us closer to this deadline.
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Like the albatross, the giant petrel could be used to monitor fisheries in the Antarctic. Opportunistic, its home range allows it to cover a vast territory.
The Arctic is warming, and fine particles of sea salt aerosols produced in blizzard conditions or blowing snow are a contributing factor, according to a recently published study.
Within decades, the strong warming of the Arctic leads to the formation of polygon patterns in the Arctic permafrost and to the formation of new rivers.
Beavers are moving further into the tundra as the Arctic warms with their construction activities causing a higher release of the greenhouse gas methane.
A beetle introduced to Kerguelen, Merizodus soledadinus, is so active that it is thought to be capable of eradicating the archipelago’s native flies. Scientists at the French Polar Institute have discovered that its predatory activity does not diminish as its population grows and its prey diminishes.
The first international polar summit will be held in Paris in November, organized by Olivier Poivre d’Arvor and attended by President Emmanuel Macron. An opportunity to bring the polar programming bill to life and refine French strategy.
The first of two “Foundation Expeditions” of the Ocean Warrior project started last Friday in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
The International Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystems warns of the threat posed by biological invasions to biodiversity, health and the economy – a major problem for biodiversity conservation in the sub-Antarctic islands.
Without the current positive phase of the Arctic dipole anomaly, sea ice loss in the Arctic since 2007 would have been much greater, says a new study published in Science.
The results of a study published in Nature suggest that more attention should be paid to Arctic zooplankton. Sea ice retreat could reduce the productivity of these invertebrates that are at the base of the food chain.
Before commercial whaling began, the number of humpback whales in the North Atlantic was apparently 86 per cent lower than previously thought.
Brazil is making progress on polar issues and its deployment capability. For the first time, it has published a ten-year scientific program that includes the Arctic.
A study aims to show that increased nutrient inputs from dog waste results in the surrounding tundra turning greener and therefore more productive.
A study published by the University of Florida shows that the chemistry of the six main Arctic rivers is changing, with a potential impact on all the planet’s oceans.
The arrival of spring in the southern hemisphere is raising concerns about the resurgence of the H5N1 virus and the risk of it entering the Antarctic.
Scientific projects, including studies of sea ice, are expected to be canceled due to budget cuts at the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).
Less than four weeks old, Gentoo penguin chicks already carry an enormous amount of microplastics in their digestive tracts, especially polyethylene.
Based on scientific data established in Greenland by two botanists 90 and 20 years ago, a Swiss research team followed the same routes to document plant species and the impact of global warming on flora.
The first international symposium on the Southern Ocean Observing System, held last week in Hobart, Australia, ended with an urgent call to significantly expand research in the Southern Ocean.
According to a study, 4 out of 5 emperor penguin colonies in the Bellinghausen Sea lost all their chicks last southern spring due to poor ice conditions. This does not bode well for this year with its record low sea ice.
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