The idea of the U.S. working group is that all institutions that have previously kept data on Antarctica to themselves will store it centrally, creating a place where anyone doing work with Antarctica as part of the question is welcome. Image: Michael Wenger...
The flightless Falkland steamer duck occurs exclusively in the Falkland Islands, but here it is found almost everywhere on shallow, sheltered stretches of coastline. Photo: Julia Hager The Falkland Islands are a small jewel with their numerous different, almost...
Scientists sampled deep-sea sediments in all major ocean regions during 15 international deep-sea expeditions. They found these black corals in the Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 1960 meters. Photo: MEDWAVES/IEO/ATLAS Project Our oceans are still considered less well...
Reproductive success of elephant seals has been found to be dependent on the productivity of the marine food web. (Image: Ryan Reisinnger / AWI) In the future, the Antarctic could become a greener place and be colonised by new species. At the same time, some species...
Lichens are not plants, but are attributed to the fungi as a single lifeform in symbiosis with algae. Here they form a tiny community of moss on the forest floor in Alaska. Photograph: Betsey Crawford/The Soul of the Earth The rainforest-lined fjords in southeast...
