The return of cats to the wild after their introduction to the sub-Antarctic islands poses a threat to seabirds, which form colonies on land naturally devoid of terrestrial predators. Photo: Camille Lin The International Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystems warns of...
Arctic shipping routes, with the Northwest and Northeast Passages in blue and yellow. In red, the transpolar route. Map: Hervé Baudu / ENSM The Arctic region is a focal point for contemporary challenges, and in recent years has been subject to a great deal of media...
A heatwave in the Arctic in the summer of 2019 resulted in a record 444 billion tons of ice being lost from Greenland (Photo: ESA) Ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica has increased five-fold since the 1990s, and now accounts for a quarter of sea-level rise,...
The ice is getting thinner and thinner, and not just for polar bears. Many animal and plant species are already threatened with extinction due to the effects of climate change. For humans, extreme weather events are becoming increasingly dangerous. Photo: Julia Hager...
The behaviour of sea ice around the Antarctic continent has often puzzled climate scientists in recent decades, as it has not always kept to predictions. But now the mechanisms are a little clearer and the models more accurate. Photo: Michael Wenger The climatic...
