The alga Melosira arctica, which grows under Arctic sea ice, contains ten times as many microplastic particles as the surrounding seawater. This concentration at the base of the food web poses a ...

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Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin in 1880, where his father was a minister who ran an orphanage. From an early age he took an interest in Greenland, and always walked, skated, and hiked as though ...

A meltwater lake that formed in the mid-1990s on Greenland’s 79°N Glacier has been draining in sudden, dramatic bursts ...

The centrepiece of the new construction project for the Polarstern's successor is now taking shape: by the end of August, TKMS, Wärtsilä, Steerprop and Aker Arctic had inked the contracts for the ...

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Scientists have demonstrated that noise caused by humans can carry all the way down to the seafloor, affecting the marine wildlife that lives there. An increasing number of sounds caused by human ...

Scientist and explorer -- Wegener's shocking idea -- The world reacts to Wegener's idea -- Preparing for Greenland -- Arriving in Greenland -- Establishing Eismitte -- The fourth trip to Eismitte, ...

A new study, led by the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, shows how the eyes of adult marine bristleworms continue to grow throughout life – driven by a ring of ...