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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 French defense strategy for the Arctic, a new research group investigating gravity waves in the Arctic Ocean and the eruption of a volcano.
This week we look at a quaking volcano in Alaska, a serious health issue in Ittoqqortoormiit and an ecosystem uncovered by a calving iceberg.
Julia Hager
Discovered in 2023, the Borealis mud volcano in the Barents Sea has unveiled some of its secrets to an international research team.
The Polar Retrospective looks at recent stories from around the world's polar regions. On the menu this week: an ancient volcanic eruption, a Polar-curious Arab country, and a freshwater fish on salty migrations.
Dr. Michael Wenger
It is difficult to predict how long the volcanic activity on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland will last, but it is likely to keep the people on the island busy for a long time to come.
Camille Lin
Our planet's most active and southernmost volcano did not escape the attention of Nasa observers when clouds freed it from its shackles at the end of November, and its lava lake is still molten.
Produced by human and volcanic activity or melting ice, mercury concentrations are increasing in Antarctic food chains, particularly in the Ross Sea, according to a study by Fanny Cusset and her colleagues.
Heiner Kubny
Recent measurements of the ozone hole over Antarctica shwos a record breaking size according to a report by the European Space Agency (ESA).
In the Fagradalsfjall area in Iceland, the eruption of a new volcano, expected for days, has taken place, but on a smaller scale than in previous years. Yet, that could still change.
The magma chamber of Mount Erebus is a 100-kilometer-long tube through which melted rock is transported from the Earth's mantle into the lava lake.
