In the Southern Ocean, almost two million square kilometres of sea ice are missing shortly before the annual maximum extent. (Photo: Julia Hager) Sea ice cover in the Southern Ocean has remained well below the long-term average practically since the beginning of this...
Where should the boot liners go? (Photo: Jochen Bettzieche / SLF) Matthias Jaggi, a technician at the Swiss WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, will spend the festive season in Antarctica. The luggage for his long expedition is travelling ahead of him....
Gentoo penguins on King George Island primarily feed their chicks Antarctic krill, which also ingest microplastics with their food. Thus, the particles are passed on from the base of the food web to the large predators at the top. Photo: Julia Hager Not even four...
At the end of the first SOOS Symposium in Hobart, Australia, scientists call for the urgent expansion of research in the Southern Ocean in the face of rapidly advancing climate change. (Photo: Peter W. Allen) The first international Symposium on the Southern Ocean...
Emperor penguins breed on ice surfaces near the coastal areas of Antarctica (here Snow Hill Island), on fast ice or perennial sea ice. But in recent years, this space has become smaller and smaller, as no ice had formed or it had broken up again very early. Too early...