Historical climate changes caused the global ice volume to expand and retreat several times. According to the new study, this has happened more frequently in Antarctica than previously thought. Scientific archives worldwide represent an enormously valuable treasure...
Icebergs bringing nutrients into the ocean to fertilize their surroundings is evident by the fact that penguins, marine mammals and seabirds often can be seen around the icy giants. Otherwise, iron-rich dust fertilizes the Antarctic Ocean. But that was not always the...
During the warming after the last glacial maximum, there were repeated periods when masses of icebergs broke off in Antarctica, leading to global sea level rise over many hundreds of years. Photo: Dr. Michael Wenger Since the last ice age about 20,000 years ago, there...
Norcemgrotta in the municipality of Narvik is one of the two caves that the research team is examining for traces of prehistoric animals. Photo: Marius Robu Archaeological evidence of high latitude wildlife from before the last ice age is extremely rare due to erosion...
Fossil teeth from extinct steppe bison and wild horses provided scientists with clues as to why these large grazers became extinct in the Arctic. Photo: Andrew Higley/UC Creative + Brand In the ice-age mammoth steppe, which shaped the landscape of what is now northern...
