Iceberg calving off Brunt Ice Shelf
The long-awaited calving of a giant iceberg near the British station Halley VI has now happened.
The long-awaited calving of a giant iceberg near the British station Halley VI has now happened.
A team of researchers has discovered a huge impact crater in Antarctica with the help of satellites. This could be the largest meteorite crater on Earth.
Soot and other polluting aerosols from the Indian subcontinent make it to the Arctic within seven days and pollute large areas there.
A collapse of the Earth’s magnetic field, caused by the reversal of the magnetic poles, caused mass extinctions and climate changes 42,000 years ago.
Scientists sequenced DNA from the teeth of mammoths. These are said to be up to 1.6 million years old and probably belong to a new species of mammoth.
Over the last three years media reported again and again about the iceberg A-68. What is hidden behind the letter-number-combination you can read in this report.
Icebergs do not simply melt away, but do so irregularly and, above all, much faster than previously thought.
A weakening of the Arctic polar vortex has caused weather turbulence in the northern hemisphere since the beginning of the year.
Far below the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf, researchers have discovered a previously completely unknown underwater world.
Manganese probably plays a more important role in the occurrence of phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean than previously thought.
Marine construction and shipping are making the oceans noisier and noisier. A study now shows that far more animal species are affected by this noise in their behaviour.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus could be introduced into Antarctic wildlife, but the risk is low and can be greatly reduced by taking measures.
Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey want to study the effects of the giant A-68a in more detail, which has now broken up into several icebergs.
The Arctic Ocean was covered by up to 900 m thick shelf ice and was filled entirely with freshwater at least twice in the last 150,000 years.
In the future, satellite images and artificial intelligence will be used to better protect the critically endangered whales from ship strikes.
The small planet Pluto is a complex and mysterious world. A recent analysis fuels speculation that the atmosphere contains particles of frozen compounds.
The study of Weddell seals, which has been ongoing for over half a century, could not be interrupted and so hundreds of seal pups were counted and tagged again in 2020.
South Georgia, one of the most biologically rich places in the world, is home to a quarter of the world’s gentoo penguin population. For their protection, the protection zone for fishing was extended.
The AWI was able to start its Antarctic expedition despite the pandemic and will carry out important research in the Weddell Sea.
Thawing permafrost released a glacial woolly rhinoceros in August 2020. The age of the find is estimated to be up to 50,000 years. Now it is to be studied by scientists.
Although Antarctic krill in particular is one of the best documented pelagic species, there is still a great deal of uncertainty about different key roles in its life history.
Recent satellite photos give reason for the formation of an iceberg the size of New York. The ‘calving’ of the iceberg seems inevitable. The only question is: when?
Implementation of all planned marine protected areas in Antarctica would improve the situation of penguins by up to 100 percent.
Bacteria in Greenland’s glacial streams are forming dark aggregations that could accelerate the melting of the ice.