Well researched on the surface, but still full of unanswered questions underwater: these are the Antarctic coastal regions. New studies are now providing some relief. Picture: Michael Wenger The polar retrospective picks up on events of the past week related to the...
The study of the social transmission of stress between penguin parents and chicks, already known in other seabird species, could be carried out using infrared images. Images from left to right: Antoine Stier / French Polar Institute; Lord McPlouf / French Polar...
Most areas of the world’s oceans, especially the polar oceans, were up to 5°C warmer on July 22 than the average between 1991 – 2020, NOAA’s map shows (Graphic: NOAA) Many countries in Europe, parts of the USA and Canada, and also large parts of...
In the Arctic Ocean, sea ice is melting away faster and faster due to warmer temperatures from below and above. Data show differences of up to 28°C above the average temperature at the North Pole this mid-March. File photo: Dr Michael Wenger The Earth’s polar...
From Kangerlussuaq, tourists can also reach the Greenland Ice Sheet relatively easily. Normally in July and August the streams and lakes at the edge of the ice are full to the brim with meltwater. This year everything is different, mainly thanks to the heat over...
