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Ole Ellekrog
The topics are miscolored aurora, an (almost) frozen Antarctic lake, and seals cruising on icebergs.
Julia Hager
Thawing permafrost soils pose an immense source of ancient pathogens. Researchers have now concluded that such "time-traveling" pathogens pose a potential threat to present-day biological communities, as well as to humans.
The bacteria and genes found could pose a global health risk as climate change progresses.
Marine invertebrates such as sea squirts, sponges and corals live in symbiosis with many different microorganisms, some of which produce substances relevant to medicine.
Dr. Michael Wenger
In the future. bacteria from the Labrador Sea could help to efficiently combat oil spills along the coasts of the Arctic.
In a new study, researchers showed that contaminated soils can also be successfully remediated in the Arctic with the help of soil bacteria.
Bacteria in Greenland's glacial streams are forming dark aggregations that could accelerate the melting of the ice.
Researchers from the US and Australia have been able to demonstrate for the first time that the air over the Souther Ocean and Antarctica is virtually free of human influences.
