During the polar night of 2022, the Kongsfjord on Svalbard was teeming with jellyfish and cnidarians such as the Aglantha digitale. Photo: Charlotte Havermans, AWI With the help of so-called DNA metabarcoding, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)...
Sea ice extent in the Arctic is always lowest at the end of summer in September. The graph shows the development of the minimum expansion from 1979 to 2022. Graphics: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Without the current positive phase...