The glaciers in Greenland are among those that are melting the fastest. Could they be preserved by geoengineering? Photo: Michael Wenger A new report from the University of Chicago presents various measures that could slow down the melting of glaciers in the Arctic...
Due to the massive ice loss in the polar regions, the mass shifts on the Earth’s surface are so great that the Earth’s rotation is slowing down. Photo: Julia Hager The redistribution of mass due to melting ice sheets, ice shelves and glaciers has an...
Time seems to flow differently in the polar regions. Slower and more leisurely when contemplating the landscape and faster when looking at animals such as penguins, which sometimes surprise with big leaps. (Photo: Michael Wenger) The polar retrospective takes up...
Glacier near Etah in north-west Greenland. Where the ice retreats at the edges, vegetation quickly colonises the bedrock. Photo: Julia Hager The changes to the landscape in Greenland are unmistakable: The ice is melting, vegetation is spreading – within the last...
The SWAIS 2C team’s drilling camp on the Kamb Ice Shelf in West Antarctica, 860 kilometers from New Zealand’s Scott Station. Photo: Anthony Powell The scientific team of the SWAIS 2C project has successfully completed the first stage and recovered the...
