Despite the name, Greenland sharks are not found only around Greenland. They live in the Arctic Ocean, Baffin Bay, the Gulf of St Lawrence and have even been seen as far south as 32° north, in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo: Hemming1952 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0...
The Arctic is one of the fastest warming areas in the world and is considered the Earth’s clinical thermometer. Picture: Michael Wenger The Arctic is warming up faster and faster. Soon, there could be more rain than snow, says a recent study. And the changes are...
The Arctic landscape is changing due to increasing warming. Permafrost soils thaw, new species migrate and previously well-adapted organisms are displaced. How much, however, depends on geographic location and species, the published report shows. Picture: Michael...
When the virus began its triumphal march around the globe, the Antarctic tourist season had reached a numerical peak. Nearly 74,000 people had visited the Antarctic wilderness. This led to concerns of an introduction of COVID. But the virus had been brought to the...
The Beluga baby froze in the wind and screamed wretchedly. Alexey Paramonov carried the baby to its mother and covered it with his jacket, so the Beluga mother calmed down. (Photo: Alexey Paramonov) Three beluga whales are beached in the mouth of the River Uda on the...
