Orcas’ contaminant levels depend on their diet
A new study shows that the level of contamination in orcas depends mainly on which prey they specialise in, rather than the region in which they live.
A new study shows that the level of contamination in orcas depends mainly on which prey they specialise in, rather than the region in which they live.
A Swiss project combines art and science and can conduct its work in Iceland’s Westfjords thanks to the Grímsson fellowship.
A lack of krill is thought to be the main reason for the decline in fur seals observed in the north of South Georgia. Researchers are concerned that this symptom could spread to the archipelago and the Southern Ocean.
A University of Alaska Fairbanks research team observed spawning chum salmon in two rivers in northernmost Alaska last September.
The Twin Otter is an exceptionally versatile aircraft that can operate in the harshest of conditions. It is regularly deployed in the Antarctic.
Due to the increased time spent on land fasting, female polar bears have difficulty producing milk for their cubs, study shows.
During the 20th century, large whales had become so depleted by commercial whaling in the Southern Hemisphere that a loss of genetic diversity appeared to have occurred.
Recent measurements of the ozone hole over Antarctica shwos a record breaking size according to a report by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Anne Choquet, a lawyer specialized in the law of the polar regions and a proponent of scientific approaches combining several disciplines, is working on a new research project at the crossroads of science, education and the business world.
Lapland is warming, threatening species and causing rapid and partly irreversible environmental changes.
The two ten-day Foundation Expeditions of the Ocean Warrior project in September led to the northeast of Svalbard and were successful in every aspect.
Join Arctic Hub for a visit to the research station at the 75th parallel, where scientists recently made a historic discovery.
In Antarctica, 67 research projects were canceled or cut back at US McMurdo Station due to a lack of beds for researchers.
Down the road, climate change will make it very difficult for emperor penguins to find a suitable location to breed.
Cruise ships in Antarctica represent a non-negligible scientific platform for monitoring bird communities, according to British and Norwegian scientists who experimented with this mode of observation between 2019 and 2020.
The German Aerospace Center’s Antarctic greenhouse EDEN ISS is back in Bremen after five years on the seventh continent in ice, cold and polar night.
The TRIPLE-nanoAUV 2 is being developed at the German MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen. It will be tested in Antarctica in 2026 before being used in space.
Fish in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas appear to have little exposure to mercury and PFAS, the so-called “forever chemicals”
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
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.