Already, much less driftwood is reaching Svalbard, Iceland and Greenland with the sea ice across the Arctic Ocean from Siberia. Instead, more and more plastic is washing up on the beaches. Photo: Julia Hager Driftwood was and still is the most important resource for...
Belugas are divided into small populations and are characterized by their high site fidelity, which makes them particularly vulnerable to environmental changes Photo: Heiner Kubny Bowhead whales, belugas, and narwhals are closely linked to cold seawater and sea ice in...
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is formed by many individual glaciers. Some of them extend into the Southern Ocean, forming massive ice shelves. Photo: Michael Wenger Scientists still struggle to predict how much sea levels will rise in the future as a result of global...
In Ong Valley in the Transantarctic Mountains, researchers have recovered what may be the oldest ice core ever discovered. Photo: Jaakko Putkonen While several teams in East Antarctica are drilling continuous ice cores in search of 1.5 million-year-old ice, another...
The three ETH Zurich PhD students Lena Bakker, Sigrid Trier Kjaer and Jana Rüthers are investigating whether, in addition to warming, soil chemistry and the composition of the microbial community have an influence on the spread of vegetation in Svalbard. Photo: Lena...
