Arctic

Arctic Sea Ice Is Packed With Huge Amounts of Tiny Plastic Particles

An AWI scientist is preparing an Arctic sea-ice core for a microplastic analysis in a lab at the AWI Helgoland. Expe…

Mysterious Arctic Ice Holes Baffle Scientists

This NASA image shows unexplained holes in the surface of some ice in the Beaufort Sea. It's never super comfortin…

Scientists Discover First Super Salty Subglacial Lakes in Canadian Arctic

Canada Arctic An analysis of radar data led scientists to an unexpected discovery of two lakes located beneath 550 to …

Methane Released in the Arctic Today Caused by the End of Last Ice Age

Photo: CAGE Hundreds of methane flares observed offshore Western Svalbard in the Arctic are caused by a process that s…