Cleanup efforts after oil spilled from a burst pipeline are proving difficult. A burst oil pipeline in the Yuzhno-Oshskoye field caused up to 1,000 cubic meters of oil to spill into the Kolva River. This was stated on Monday, July 3, 2023 Svetlana Rodionova, head of...
The nematode Plectus murrayi (blue arrow) is an Antarctic soil-dweller only a few millimeters in size. Although actually simple in structure, it has a complex life cycle and is also a bioindicator that could detect diesel pollution in Antarctica. Image: AAD / Brown et...
The polar cod plays a key role in the Arctic marine food web. Thanks to antifreeze proteins in the blood, it is perfectly adapted to life in icy water. In winter, it lays its eggs directly under the sea ice, where the fry find sufficient food after hatching. Photo:...
