An average of 2.4 microplastic particles per individual was detected in Antarctic krill. Photo: Pete Lens, British Antarctic Survey In the Southern Ocean, a team of researchers led by the British Antarctic Survey found microplastics in two species of zooplankton:...
Fin whales are the second largest baleen whales. Like other marine mammals, they are sentinels of the current environmental changes. Photo: Julia Hager Fin whales are regularly observed off Svalbard, especially during the summer months. However, the rapid warming of...
Zooplankton, including krill, and numerous other marine invertebrates are harmed in a variety of ways by underwater noise. Photo: Wikipedia/Uwe Kils The dangerous effects of underwater noise are known, especially from marine mammals. However, they are by no means the...
Claude Lorius was one of the most famous French polar explorers (here in Antarctica in 2008) and, thanks to a glass of whisky with ice, came up with the idea of using glass bubbles in ice to study atmospheric gases from times past. In doing so, he laid an important...
Ice shelves form a barrier for the glaciers behind them. Climate change with rising temperatures is making many of them more unstable. Photo: Michael Wenger In 2002, the Larsen B ice shelf, an area of 3,250 square kilometers, collapsed on the Antarctic Peninsula. In...
