Weddell seals rest on the pack ice. (Photo: AWI) Due to construction work in the sea, shipping, and gas and oil extraction, the oceans are becoming increasingly louder. A comprehensive international study has now shown that this noise affects the behaviour of far more...
The blow of a humpback whale. (Image: OZA/AWI) Our knowledge of the life of baleen whales in the Southern Ocean has so far been limited mainly to studies conducted during the Antarctic summer. The reason: In winter, there are hardly any biologists on site who could...