Its surface area could contain three times New York City. The A23a iceberg recently began drifting north of the peninsula. Image: Copernicus-Sentinel-1 After more than 30 years of immobility, the A23a iceberg is back on track. Driven by winds and currents, it drifts...
Seabirds such as Brown Skuas travel great distances in the Southern Ocean and can thus carry pathogens such as HPAI-H5N1 from one corner to another. On Bird Island, suspected cases were investigated and forensically confirmed. Archive photo: Michael Wenger For some...
A lack of krill is thought to be the main reason for the decline in fur seals observed in the north of South Georgia. Researchers are concerned that this symptom could spread to the archipelago and the Southern Ocean. On October 15, the journal Global Change Biology...
Whale bones next to the former whaler’s pier in Grytviken. On South Georgia, whale bones are still shattered along the coast, relatively well preserved because of the low temperatures. However, rising temperatures due to climate change could destroy the DNA in...
South Georgia is a haven for many species of marine mammals and birds. There are five million seals of four different species, and 65 million birds of 30 different species breeding on the island. Whether plant or animal, non-native species are a real threat to...