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.
Scientists and Alliance of Concerned Nations urge UN New York Climate Ambition Summit to “take 2°C off the table” to Prevent Catastrophic Impacts from Melting Ice
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.
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.
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.
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.
Scientific projects, including studies of sea ice, are expected to be canceled due to budget cuts at the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).
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.
Wildfires continue to rage across Canada, forcing the evacuation of several cities. The Northwest Territories are particularly hard hit as is the boreal forest.
A joint team from the Franco-Swiss Alpine regions has published an article in Nature exploring the natural areas that will be exposed by retreating glaciers between now and 2100, calling for recognition of this unique character and the services these areas provide to humanity.
In the 1970s, the geographer Bent Hasholt wanted to conduct research that mattered to society – so he started calculating rainfall in his free time.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation plays a crucial role for the global climate. But since the early 2000s, it has been weakening, and there is growing concern about a possible collapse of the circulation system.
Krill is fished by five countries in Antarctica, and other countries could have their sights on this enormous source of protein. Philip N. Philip N. Trathan, a biologist with 30 years’ experience in international committees dealing with this subject, shows how to maintain the principle of precaution, the cornerstone of this activity.
Thawing permafrost soils pose an immense source of ancient pathogens. Researchers have now concluded that such “time-traveling” pathogens pose a potential threat to present-day biological communities, as well as to humans.
Plants and animals have to adapt year after year to an increasingly unpredictable spring, a new study shows.
Tracking changes in permafrost can take years and sometimes decades, lags that cannot keep up with the transformations in the rapidly warming Arctic. Now scientists will be developing new technology to track those changes in real time, thanks to a project funded by Google.
Arctic terns, which fly from pole to pole and back again every year, may be able to compensate for some of the climate change impacts they face outside the breeding season.
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