Noah Steuri during fieldwork in Alaska’s Brooks Range. He used the drone (UAV) to survey the ice patches around him. Photo provided by Noah Steuri Swiss archeologist Noah Steuri recently completed field work in inland Alaska and with his team, he found...
The orange stream color reflects oxidized iron, but also often indicates elevated heavy metal concentrations. This photo shows th mixing of an orange tributary with clearer waters of the Anaktok River. Photo: Josh Koch, US Geological Survey Warmer summers, melting...
As the Arctic ice melts, freshwater flows into the North Atlantic, disrupting atmospheric currents. The greater the freshwater discharges, the more extreme weather phenomena, such as heat and drought, will occur. If the phenomenon is to become more frequent,...
Eco-anxiety is the phenomenon where some people experience stress over environmental issues. Often discussed in our media, this form of stress also affects Inuit but not in the same way. Photo: Folke Mehrtens / AWI A recently published study focuses on how global...
Portal Point on the Antarctic Peninsula. Photo: Julia Hager Edward Hanna, University of Lincoln and Ruth Mottram, Danish Meteorological Institute A heat wave in Greenland and a storm in Antarctica. These kinds of individual weather “events” are increasingly being...
