More frequent and more violent storms, less sea ice, ice shelves breaking apart, and Antarctic organisms under huge pressure: Antarctica’s future could look gloomy. But when and how that will really happen is subject of current research. (Photo: Michael Wenger)...
A catamaran-like structure and two sails that convert into wings when needed that’s “SailMAV,” a brainchild of a Swiss-British research project. Image: EMPA / Imperial College London When monitoring Arctic wildlife, scientists face the problem of the...
The beluga whale(Delphinapterus leucas) can reach 5.5 meters in length, and belongs to a family of cetaceans with a more flexible neck. Image: Dafna Ben nun / Wikimedia Commons Satellite images of the Russian coastline in summer 2016 revealed beluga whale populations...
Nesting pair of wandering albatrosses around their nest on Cape Ratmanoff in the Kerguelen archipelago, French Subantarctic Territories. Image : Camille Lin Albatrosses have different personalities, and these “characters” influence their fishing...
These larvae will once turn into midges able to live on cold soils with an average temperature of about 2°C. Image: Chris Gilbert The soil of an island, not far from the Antarctic Peninsula, is the scene of a powerful metamorphosis. An insect larva introduced by...
