Fin whales are the second largest whales after blue whales. With the beginning of industrial whaling in the 20th century, they became the most hunted whales in the world. (Photo: Julia Hager) Whaling in the 20th century wiped out 99 percent of the...
Thwaites Glacier is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Its ice shelf is one of the fastest melting. Like those of the other glaciers in West Antarctica, it extends into the Amundsen Sea. (Photo: David Vaughan) The West Antarctic Ice Sheet will melt faster and...
Sea ice is one of the sources of microplastics in the Barents Sea during ice melt in spring and summer. When new sea ice forms in the fall and winter, microplastics that enter the Arctic via the atmosphere and ocean currents become trapped in the ice. Image: Julia...
Peter Westley, associate professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, holding a spawning male chum salmon on the Anaktuvuk River in northern Alaska. Photo: Joe Spencer/ADFG With Pacific salmon species already struggling to cope with the effects of climate change,...
Ísafjörður has a history dating back to the 9th century and is now an aspiring municipality that is home to tourism and fishing as well as an important biotech company. This is where the recipients of the Grímsson Fellowship can live and realize their work. Image:...
