The Thwaites Glacier area is the largest catchment area of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Around 5,000 gigatonnes of ice have melted here in the past 40 years, which is equivalent to more than a third of the total melted ice in Antarctica. Underneath the area is...
From the magnetic pole in the Arctic, the Earth’s magnetic field lines stretch across the entire globe. Numerous animals orient themselves at these lines in their long migrations in a way that has not yet been adequately explained. Our navigation systems and...