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...
Nioghalvfjerdsbrae, also known as the 79°N glacier, is located in the northwest of Greenland. The ice stream, which split into two glacier tongues, became famous when the northern tongue broke off and dissolved completely in 2020. The graphic at the top left shows how...
Classified as vulnerable, the polar bear is suffering the effects of global warming head-on. The sea ice, on which it depends for food, is shrinking as sea water temperatures increase. Image: Michael Wenger Greenland’s polar bear populations have been retreating...
Ice front on the southern fringe of the Cook Ice Cap, taken in 1983 and recoloured in 2006. Image: Themadchopper / Wikimedia Commons Image : Themadchopper / Wikimedia Commons Physicists have noted that seismic activity in the Kerguelen archipelago could be linked to...
After the Arctic, the Antarctic show signs of weakness in the face of global warming. Image : Julia Hager Image : Julia Hager A foundation to fund research projects of excellence in the cryosphere will be launched this evening in Paris in the hope of saving the poles....