One of the events that showed the changes in the Arctic was the rain that fell in the middle of the Greenland ice sheet. This was the first time this had been recorded since records began. Picture: Michael Wenger This year, in addition to the pandemic, the Arctic was...
The award winner Dr. Trevor Bell (far left) poses for the photographers together with Lars Kullerud from the University of the Arctic (2nd from left), the award donor Dr. Frederik Paulsen (3rd from left) and Arctic Circle Chairman Olafúr Ragnar Grímsson (far right)....
Little walruses stay with their mother for two years and are protected by her. This works better on sea ice than on land, so female walruses follow the sea ice. Thus, with the disappearance of sea ice, not only the cows suffer, but also the calves. Picture: Michael...
Sea ice formation in the Arctic Ocean not only depends on air temperatures, but is also strongly influenced by incoming water masses from the North Atlantic Ocean, as researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute have shown in two new studies. Photo: Julia Hager The...
The South Korean research icebreaker Araon got caught in the middle of an Arctic cyclone in 2016 and was given involuntarily the opportunity to shed light on why the powerful storms are causing Arctic sea ice to shrink so quickly. Photo: Joo-Hong Kim, Korea Polar...
