Tag: Climate change

At the Edge of the Ice – A Visual Expedition to Northern Greenland

Marcel Schütz

Swiss photographer Markus Bühler presents the exhibition “At the Edge of the Ice – Travelling in Northern Greenland”

An underwater observatory keeping the pulse of the Southern Ocean for nearly 30 years yields fresh results

Polar Journal AG Team

For nearly 30 years, an Australian observatory in the Southern Ocean has delivered crucial long-term data on carbon uptake, ecosystem change and climate trends, and its role is becoming more important than ever.

Antarctic research is in decline, and the timing couldn’t be worse

Guest Author

Despite accelerating climate impacts in Antarctica, international research output is falling, with China overtaking traditional leaders like the U.S. in scientific influence—raising urgent concerns about future governance and global preparedness.

The Polar Retrospective – A polar science only meeting, Russian plans for new Arctic vessels, and a cloud observatory in Antarctica

Polar Journal AG Team

The Polar Retrospective looks at recent stories from around the world’s polar regions. This week we take a look at the annual meeting of the French National Committee for Arctic and Antarctic Research, Russia’s push to build a fleet of 130 Arctic vessels to expand trade with China along the Northern Sea Route, and a new cloud observatory in Antarctica that could close critical gaps in climate models

The Polar Retrospective – Declining sea ice helps Common Eiders, Farewell to AWI Directrice

Polar Journal AG Team

The Polar Retrospective looks at recent stories from around the world’s polar regions. This week we take a look at the breeding tactics of Common eiders on Svalbard, a goodbye video to the directrice of the AWI.

Arctic Basecamp: Voices from Davos 2025

Julia Hager

At this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, the Arctic Basecamp team once again pitched their tents close to the venue, ensuring that science had a voice at the global gathering.

Krill availability influences pregnancies in humpback whales

Julia Hager

In Antarctica, more female humpback whales become pregnant in years when krill are abundant than in years when krill are less abundant.

Climate change leads to more conflicts between humans and polar bears

Julia Hager

Their habitat is dwindling faster and faster, and many polar bears are having great difficulty finding enough food, which is increasingly pushing them onto land.

Fungi in the foundations of polar heritage

Camille Lin

The degradation of trappers' and explorers' huts and other wooden structures of the polar heritage are threatened by xylophagous fungi.

Study shows warmest decade in the middle of Greenland in a thousand years

Dr. Michael Wenger

In the regions of Greenland where it is supposed to be coldest, researchers found a warming within ten years that was unprecedented in the last 1,000 years.