The Fukushima nuclear disaster began with the earthquake at 2:47 p.m. on March 11, 2011, and occurred simultaneously in four of six reactor units. Meltdowns occurred in units 1 to 3. Large amounts of radioactive material, about 10 to 20 percent of the amount of...
Arctic fishing has developed into a large-scale and lucrative industry, not least because of climate change. But that also means that new control mechanisms have to be created. Image: NOAA Fisheries Scan, Wiki Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 The Arctic Ocean is Earth’s...
Arctic sea ice will continue to retreat as warming increases. Heat transport through the newly described oceanic heat channel could even accelerate this process. Photo: Julia Hager The causes for the rapid warming of the North Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans seem...
Satellite image of Severnaya Zemlya. The archipelago is located in the Russian High Arctic at about 80 degrees north latitude and covers about 37,000 square kilometers. Photo: Landsat 8, NASA The news about massive ice losses in the Arctic does not stop. After...
Commercial fishing in the Arctic is to be regulated in order to prevent illegal fishing. (Photo: Archive) International efforts raise hopes for cooperation between the actors. The U.S., China, Japan and Russia are among the countries planning to conduct joint research...
