Whether for the Arctic or the Southern Ocean, sea ice is critical to marine life and is considered key of the impact of climatic changes in the regions. (Photo: Michael Wenger) Both the Arctic and Antarctica have seen their midsummer and midwinter celebrations and the...
Every summer, the Greenland ice sheet melts at its surface and the water runs off either on top of or underneath the ice sheet. In recent decades, this melting process has increased more and more and has now overtaken the formation of new ice in many places in...
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...