The Arctic sea ice is not only home to polar bears and seals. A variety of different organisms live under and on the ice, including ice algae. These use the brine channels in the ice to survive. Many even require the ice in their reproductive cycle. Picture: Michael...
When the sun’s radiation weakens in autumn and no strong winds disturb the water surface, the formation of Arctic sea ice begins. In the course of the ice formation, islands of pancake ice are formed. From this, ice floes continue to expand and form the pack...
The population of polar bears in the Kane Basin, a region between northwest Greenland and Nunavut, Canada, has grown from 225 to 360 animals over the past 30 years. But how long this trend will last is unknown and could reverse with the current pace of change....
In the most vulnerable regions of the Arctic, the Arctic Ice Project plans to use tiny beads of silica to slow down the melting of sea ice. Photo: Heiner Kubny So far, there are very few countries that have taken decisive action to mitigate climate change. Fears that...
The MOSAiC expedition, which had reached the North Pole in mid-August, found a patchwork of ice-floes and open water surfaces instead of a closed ice cover. The “Polarstern” was able to pass through the northernmost point of the planet almost unhindered....
