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Small step for reindeer – large leap for humankind?

September 22, 2023
Photo of a reindeer looking for food on the snow.
Fig 1 – A reindeer digging through snow to find food. [Credit: T. Windirsch]

Since several decades, there’s a lot of discussion in the permafrost ecosystem community on “rewilding” and “return to a natural state” in order to protect ecosystems and to reduce the impacts of climate change. Reindeer and other herbivores influence the insulation regime of the ground and could thereby preserve the frozen state of permafrost ground. Is there a way to utilise this effect to our b ...[Read More]

Image of The Week – Prize Polar Pictures!

September 30, 2016
Image of The Week – Prize Polar Pictures!
Permafrost thawing and its impacts on reindeer breeding.. This figure was created by Noémie Ross - a young graphic designer and illustrator from Montréal, Canada., as part of the ‘A Frozen-Ground Cartoon’ project. It won 1st place at the 2016 Fall APECS International Polar week figure competition. Click here to enlarge the image.

Last week was the Fall APECS International Polar Week, designed to promote and celebrate the great collaborative science that goes on around the world to further our understanding of the polar regions. Part of this celebration was a figure competition, to find the most “eye-catching, informative and inspiring” figures that illustrate aspects of polar science. What better, we thought, t ...[Read More]