Microplastics have already been detected in sea ice and on the sea floor in Antarctica. The two Swiss scientists will find out whether this Antarctic fish – Triperophycis gilchristi (Grenadier cod) – has ingested the small particles. Photo: Kevin...
The Antarctic spiny plunderfish (Harpagifer antarcticus) lives in the Southern Ocean along the Atlantic coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland, South Orkney and South Sandwich Islands. When fully grown, the fish measures about 9 cm and lives at depths of up...
The areas of the central Arctic Ocean are still poorly explored. Beneath the pack ice, however, lies a far richer fauna than previously thought. Picture: Michael Wenger The MOSAiC expedition, which spent over a year in the Arctic Ocean, was a bit like the starship...
The OFBOS images show the icefish and their nests spread over an area of more than 240 square kilometers. A total of 60 million (!) nests are extrapolated to the mapped area. Video: AWI Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, a research...
The areas of the Antarctic Peninsula are among the fastest warming regions in the southern hemisphere. In the process, the warm water flows deep down to the continent, warming the habitat of many species such as the unique fish fauna. Picture: Michael Wenger The...
