The Greenland ice sheet has not been included in Arctic mercury budgets despite increasing annual meltwater discharge to the ocean and high mercury levels in Arctic organisms. The results of the current study are likely to change that. Photo: Dr. Michael Wenger...
In the 1970s, sea otters were found everywhere around the Aleutian Islands. They are the guardians of the kelp forest ecosystem. Photo: Lilian Carswell, US Fish and Wildlife Service They are fluffy, extremely cute and the most important predator in the kelp forests...
Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella), here a male, live on islands in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. The largest population lives on South Georgia. Photo: Julia Hager The whiskers play an essential role for seals in their search for food. Thanks to their...
Spring tails, here the Antarctic springtail (Cryptopygus antarcticus), are typical soil inhabitants worldwide and form an important component in material cycles between plants and soil. Photograph: Pete Bucktrout/British Antarctic Survey Microplastics have been...
