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...
Mount Vesuvius near Naples is one of the most famous volcanoes in the world. Its eruption in 79 AD completely destroyed the two nearby Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Residues from the outbreak are said to still be detectable in Greenland, which has now been...
One of our highlights this year: enjoying the festive, calm atmosphere in Longyearbyen and seeing how the people there celebrate calmly and happily underneath the polar night. Picture: Michael Wenger Anyone who has followed the media and their reviews of 2021 over the...
The drilling site, where the research teams suspect ice up to 1.5 million years old, is called “Little Dome C” because it is located about 40 kilometres from the Italian-French research station Concordia on Dome C. It is just under 1,640 km to the South...
The European Union is connected to the Arctic geographically thanks to its member states Sweden, Finland and Denmark (through their partial administration of Greenland). But the region also plays an important role in their security, economic and environmental...