Adélie penguins are very social animals that show cooperative behavior among themselves under the extreme Antarctic conditions but still have not lost their individuality. Photo: Julia Hager It is known that several species of animals, including chimpanzees, dolphins,...
40 years in service and not a bit tired: The research icebreaker “Polarstern” is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary in the service of German and international polar research in South Georgia as part of a research cruise. The blue-and-white ship...
The AWI research aircraft Polar 6 is fyling over the 79-degree-north glacier in Greenland, measuring its thickness with the new AWI ultra wideband ice radar system, attached to the aircraft’s wings. Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and...
Here in Independence Fjord in North Greenland, buried in the ground and covered by ice and snow, samples provided Kurt Kjaer and Eske Willersley’s team with a view of the region going back 2 million years, setting completely new standards. Photo: NASA In the...
Bottom trawls usually leave deep wounds in the seafloor where sponges and coral skeletons have collected. Photo: Mareano/Havforskningsinstituttet Trawling in general has long been heavily criticized by scientists and environmental groups as an unselective fishing...