A large block of permafrost that has broken off on the coast of Alaska. Photo: Benjamin Jones, USGS Methane escapes from upland Arctic Yedoma permafrost soils in quantities that exceed those in regions further north by far – emissions that have only recently...
Rapid detection of methane in the bubbles on site by lighting on a lake near Fairbanks in Alaska. (Photo: AWI, Guido Grossen) The lakes in the northern latitudes are considered to be an important source of the greenhouse gas methane. In order to improve the existing...
One of the largest king penguin colonies in the world is located in St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia island. Around 300 – 400,000 animals live here all year round, thanks to the long breeding cycle of the penguins. Photo: Michael Wenger One of the highlights for...
The air of times long past lies frozen in the ice of the Antarctic continent. The small air bubbles at the heart of the ice provide information about the components that made up the Earth’s air thousands of years ago. Image: NASA Ludovic Brucker Finding out the...
