The fjord world of Svalbard is not easy to navigate. In addition to ice floes and chunks (“growlers”) floating on and under the water, constantly changing weather and wind conditions make barely charted seabeds a major challenge, even for experienced...
Zooplankton, including krill, and numerous other marine invertebrates are harmed in a variety of ways by underwater noise. Photo: Wikipedia/Uwe Kils The dangerous effects of underwater noise are known, especially from marine mammals. However, they are by no means the...
Claude Lorius was one of the most famous French polar explorers (here in Antarctica in 2008) and, thanks to a glass of whisky with ice, came up with the idea of using glass bubbles in ice to study atmospheric gases from times past. In doing so, he laid an important...
The new headquarters of the North Atlantic defense alliance in Brussels will soon be richer by a Greenlandic representative, although the island will not have its own representation. Image: NATO via Flickr For some time now, the Greenlandic government has been...
The minicipality of Paris has dedicated this building to climate, science and youth since September 2021 and will make it available to polar scientists for three days next May. Image: Climate Academy Researchers who are leading or starting a career in science and who...