More frequent and more violent storms, less sea ice, ice shelves breaking apart, and Antarctic organisms under huge pressure: Antarctica’s future could look gloomy. But when and how that will really happen is subject of current research. (Photo: Michael Wenger)...
Hadrosaurs like the one pictured here were one of several groups that occurred in Alaska during the Late Cretaceous. The large herbivores probably lived in herds and liked the conditions prevailing at that time. Image: Masato Hattori, CC BY-SA 3.0 via WikiCommons The...
Summit Station is a National Science Foundation-funded year-round station at the highest point of the Greenland Ice Sheet. In addition to atmospheric research, projects for astronomy, astrophysics and meteorology are also carried out. The rains are the first ever...
From Kangerlussuaq, tourists can also reach the Greenland Ice Sheet relatively easily. Normally in July and August the streams and lakes at the edge of the ice are full to the brim with meltwater. This year everything is different, mainly thanks to the heat over...
A heavy snowstorm in April was not uncommon in Switzerland this spring. Also already in years before there were partly strong, long lasting cold spells in the middle of Europe. For agriculture, especially fruit and vegetable farmers, such conditions are disastrous....