The north of Greenland has long been considered somewhat more resistant to global warming than the rest of the island, in part because of the remaining multi-year ice cover in the region. But in recent years, the ice here has also been breaking up with increasing...
Ross seals that are not out swimming in the vastness of the Southern Ocean like to rest on ice floes between dives. In the vastness of the Southern Ocean, the seals, which are only about 2 meters long, are almost lost as a result, making them difficult to detect....
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...
Huge amounts of organic material have been deposited in the depths of the Arctic Ocean, which has helped to fix CO2, preventing it from entering the atmosphere and further fueling the greenhouse effect. Image: Andreas Rogge, AWI Every year, the cross-shelf transport...