Alfred Wegener’s legacy makes important contribution to modern climate research
Century-old data from Alfred Wegener’s Greenland expedition are helping scientists better understand climate change
Century-old data from Alfred Wegener’s Greenland expedition are helping scientists better understand climate change
Female Arctic ground squirrels now have a hibernating period that is shorter than their potential mates’
Greenland’s indigenous population carries genetic characteristics of adaptation to the cold that are found in the ancient DNA of modern humans whose ancestors left the African cradle
Bowhead whales appear to have a DNA-repair mechanism superior to that of other mammals
The trawlers that go after krill are keeping their catch under the precautionary threshold, and helping scientists learn more about an important marine resource
Measures adopted in 1987 to protect the ozone layer have pushed the first ice-free summer in the Arctic back by up to 15 years.
The soil of an island, not far from the Antarctic Peninsula, is the scene of a powerful metamorphosis. An insect larva introduced by humans produces minerals useful to fungi and plants.
Reducing the carbon footprint of Antarctic research could be achieved by reducing the speed of ships and international cooperation on logistics.
Scientists at Japan’s Showa Station are study the ecology of fish living permanently under ice and their feeding habits by assessing their stomach contents
Atmospheric rivers transport large amount of water vapor from and to the polar regions thereby impacting our climate as well the Arctic and Antarctic and yet many questions remain unanswered.
An insurance dispute forced the postponement of last years leg, but the organisers have new ship that will allow the scientific and artistic voyage to go on
A research team followed eight fin whales along the coast of Svalbard using fibre-optic cables
With their keels in the water and the wind in their sails, IMOCA boats could be the missing pieces in the counting of carbon dioxide molecules passing from the atmosphere to the sea and vice versa
Antarctic sea ice is not nearly as responsive to global warming as Arctic sea ice
Researchers discovered a parasitic barnacle on the hindquarters of a Greenland shark that was previously only known from lantern sharks
The ship will be named after Ivan Frolov, a renowned polar explorer. It is being built in St Petersburg at the Admiralty Shipyard and is scheduled to enter service in 2028
Ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica has increased five-fold since the 1990s, and now accounts for a quarter of sea-level rise, according to the European Space Agency
Ships are saving time and money by sailing though the Arctic, but increasingly frequent fog due to sea-ice loss is slowing its progress.
Seventy-five million years ago, the Antarctic Peninsula was covered, not by ice, but by forests that often burned
Norse settlers living in Greenland mainly used driftwood to build houses and ships, but some allowed themselves a little luxury in the form of imported wood
Greenland experienced its warmest and wettest September in recorded weather history in 2022, a European Union report published in April finds.
An on-line workshop and a Swiss agreement are two of the latest signs of the research community’s ever increasing interest in conducting research in Greenland
Antarctica warmed and the rest of the world also felt the effects of massive calving events during the last ice age, only Greenland remained unaffected.
When we look at the fish larvae drifting in the currents of the Chukchi Sea, the purely arctic species give way to species from the Pacific.