Viruses play a major role in the functioning of ecosystems. They profoundly influence the dynamics of microbial communities, flow of matter and global biogeochemical cycles. Yet despite their ...

The polar regions are exposed to an increasing load of pollutants. Under the leadership of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon and the Umweltbundesamt (UBA), experts from the European Commission, the ...

Scientists have released the most detailed polar region terrain maps ever created. Credit: Polar Geospatial Center/University of Minnesota/Maxar/ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency A team of ...

Quark Expeditions, dedicated exclusively to the polar regions since 1991, today launches its Arctic 2028 and Antarctic ...

A private space mission operated by SpaceX will become the first crewed voyage designed specifically to explore Earth’s polar regions. The mission — called Fram2 after the ship that helped explorers ...