The grounds of the Arctic and in large parts of the high alpine areas consists of permafrost. A distinction is made between different stages, which are frozen for different lengths of time. Due to climate change in the Arctic, these soils are thawing more and longer,...
HALO does not stand for a computer game, but for High Altitude and LOng range Airplane. The modified Gulfstream 500 can fly at altitudes of up to 14 km and has a range of around 10,000 kilometers. This allows it to be in the air for up to 10 hours (here over the Alps)...
A Russian-German team examines deep thermokarst lake and lagoon sediments on the Bykowsky Peninsula during a drilling expedition in spring 2017 (Photo: Guido Grosse, AWI) In a study, researchers show that an abrupt thawing of permafrost increases emissions by 40...