The SWAIS 2C team’s drilling camp on the Kamb Ice Shelf in West Antarctica, 860 kilometers from New Zealand’s Scott Station. Photo: Anthony Powell The scientific team of the SWAIS 2C project has successfully completed the first stage and recovered the...
Historical climate changes caused the global ice volume to expand and retreat several times. According to the new study, this has happened more frequently in Antarctica than previously thought. Scientific archives worldwide represent an enormously valuable treasure...
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the largest continuous ice sheet in the world. Researchers want to find out how climate change has affected this gigantic mass of ice in the past and thus make better predictions for the future. Picture: Michael Wenger On the 6th of...
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...
