The caldera of the Okmok Shield Volcano on the island of Umnak extends over 10 kilometers. The caldera formed after the eruption in 43 BC. But the volcano was still active until 2008. Photo: Wikipedia Much of what is happening in the Arctic is causing major changes in...
Rapid detection of methane in the bubbles on site by lighting on a lake near Fairbanks in Alaska. (Photo: AWI, Guido Grossen) The lakes in the northern latitudes are considered to be an important source of the greenhouse gas methane. In order to improve the existing...
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), here in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, and other marine creatures benefit from the sudden noise reduction in the oceans. Photo: Jonathan Irish Taken as a whole, the pandemic poses many threats to wildlife around the...
The bone finds from 2015 show that dinosaurs have been found far north and could withstand the cold conditions. However, the physiology behind it is still unknown. Photo: Masato Hattori Five years ago, science made a great discovery: dinosaur bones of a new species in...
Lichens are not plants, but are attributed to the fungi as a single lifeform in symbiosis with algae. Here they form a tiny community of moss on the forest floor in Alaska. Photograph: Betsey Crawford/The Soul of the Earth The rainforest-lined fjords in southeast...
