Microplastics in the Arctic?
The benthic ecosystems are a natural deposit site for a huge variety of potentially pollutant compounds such as heavy metals and plastic. In marine ecosystems, the vast majority of plastics…
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15/09/2019
Are young people concerned with climate change?
Climate change is one of the most urgent environmental challenges of the 21st century. Although the consequences can be observed all over the world, it is in the polar regions…
15/08/2019
Tufted puffin mass mortality in the Bering Sea
Updated: 15 Aug. 2019 Increasing climatic variation is leading to changes in ecosystems in the Bering Sea. The persistence of marine heat waves, i.e. prolonged periods of elevated sea surface…
15/07/2019
Invasive alien species in Arctic islands
Invasive alien species (IAS) are an important issue all over the world. IAS are animals or plants that are introduced into a natural environment where they are not normally from,…
15/06/2019
The evolutive and adaptive capacity of Antarctic fish
Antarctica is a continent located in the South Pole and has been surrounded by a circumpolar current for over 40 million years. This barrier keeps warmer waters and non native…
15/05/2019
Polar berries
In arctic regions of Canada, Alaska and Greenland, berries are not only an essential food source for Inuit indigenous communities, but also relevant at the cultural, spiritual and social levels.…
15/04/2019
“Ice quakes” as a way to predict ice melting
One of the causes of the Antarctic melting is climate change, although the specific mechanism is not well known. In 2002, the collapse of the Larsen B ice shelf took…
15/03/2019
Ancestry of Arctic sled dogs
Updated: 6 Mar. 2019 For the last 15,000 years, humans and dogs traveled, hunted, and lived together. Dogs were brought to North America from Asian regions by the first colonizers.…
15/02/2019
High Levels of Mercury found in Antarctic Krill confirm that Mercury is a global issue
Mercury is a toxic element for animals and its increasing concentration in the world’s ocean as been acknowledged as a global issue. Though the Southern Ocean presents overall high mercury levels,…
15/01/2019
Winter isolation in Antarctica and interpersonal relationships among station members
Very recently, the media were flooded by the story of a polar scientist who stabbed a colleague at an Antarctic Station. The person who was stabbed had successively spoiled the…
15/12/2018