The OFBOS images show the icefish and their nests spread over an area of more than 240 square kilometers. A total of 60 million (!) nests are extrapolated to the mapped area. Video: AWI Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, a research...
Except for the western area, the Weddell Sea is almost free of ship traffic, as only strong icebreakers can make their way through the frozen surface. Nevertheless, the research team also found plastic here that could originate from ships and fisheries. Picture:...
This satellite image taken on January 23, 2021 by ESA’s “Sentinel-1” satellite shows cracks around the “McDonald Ice Rumple”. (Photo: ESA, Sentinel-1) Two years ago, scientists at Britain’s Halley VI station feared that the Brunt...