Whale bones next to the former whaler’s pier in Grytviken. On South Georgia, whale bones are still shattered along the coast, relatively well preserved because of the low temperatures. However, rising temperatures due to climate change could destroy the DNA in...
Climate change is already having a dramatic impact on some emperor penguin colonies. Last breeding season, in the Bellingshausen Sea, where sea ice broke up before the chicks could develop their waterproof plumage, four colonies suffered total brood failure. (Photo:...
Where should the boot liners go? (Photo: Jochen Bettzieche / SLF) Matthias Jaggi, a technician at the Swiss WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, will spend the festive season in Antarctica. The luggage for his long expedition is travelling ahead of him....
Sea ice extent in the Arctic is always lowest at the end of summer in September. The graph shows the development of the minimum expansion from 1979 to 2022. Graphics: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Without the current positive phase...
Determining the mutation rate of cetaceans is not an easy task, as it is difficult to locate and sample them. Photo: Julia Hager Before commercial whaling began, the number of humpback whales in the North Atlantic was apparently 86 percent lower than previously...
