Local and Indigenous Arctic communities rely on subsistence hunting and fishing for thousands of years. Photo: Julia Hager In a two-part article, guest author and Professor Doaa Abdel-Motaal discusses food security in the Arctic, Today, PolarJournal is publishing the...
The different orca groups in the North Atlantic have very different preferences when it comes to diet. Their risk of taking in pollutants is strongly dependent on their preferred prey. Figure: Remili et al. 2023 Orcas are exposed to a variety of pollutants in their...
Bowhead whales are among the animals in the study that were found to be contaminated with persistent organic compounds. Photo: Heiner Kubny Unlike pollution with plastics or exhaust gases, there is less public awareness of the contamination of the environment with...