White equals pristine and pure? Unfortunately not anymore as pollutants are rarely directly visible and have now reached all parts of the world, including the seemingly untouched Antarctic. (Photo: Michael Wenger) The Polar Retrospective looks at stories of the past...
Currently, knowledge on pollution of polar regions by chemical pollutants is still about as foggy as this Greenlandic settlement. But the “Berlin Statement” is intended to shed light on the murkiness. Image: Dr Michael Wenger Along with climate change,...
At first glance, a pristine Arctic landscape in Svalbard. But trapped in the snow and ice below lie numerous residues of our existence in the form of pollutants, transported by air masses. Image: Michael Wenger For some time now, an abbreviation has been making...
