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The smallest players of the big climate change game: investigating life under Arctic’s thawing soil - chapter 2

Ruben Van Daele

3 days ago

The smallest players of the big climate change game: investigating life under Arctic’s thawing soil - chapter 2

For weeks, I’ve been collecting soil samples in the northernmost village on Earth. This might make you wonder: why study these soils and...

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Unfreezing frontiers

These adventures that shape science

@ Christian Rohleder

WAIS-BELL PS134: The end of a successful expedition, Matthias Troch

"375 versus 39, those are the number of days the RV Belgica and RV Polarstern respectively spent in the Bellingshausen Sea along Antarctica’s West coast. Whilst the RV Belgica expedition was the first one to ever reach this part of Antarctica, the RV Polarstern had the unique opportunity to survey previously uncharted areas due to this year’s sea ice minimum."

Ruben Van Daele

3 days ago

The smallest players of the big climate change game: investigating life under Arctic’s thawing soil - chapter 2

The smallest players of the big climate change game: investigating life under Arctic’s thawing soil - Chapter 1

Ruben Van Daele

Sep 26

The smallest players of the big climate change game: investigating life under Arctic’s thawing soil - Chapter 1

Waste Site Story: A bittersweet success story on the waste of Brabant Island, Antarctic Peninsula.

Louise Delhaye

Mar 8

Waste Site Story: A bittersweet success story on the waste of Brabant Island, Antarctic Peninsula.

GreenFeedBack: A project to trace greenhouse gas dynamics in the Arctic Ocean

Coraline Leseurre

Nov 16, 2023

GreenFeedBack: A project to trace greenhouse gas dynamics in the Arctic Ocean

Crossing Greenland: A call for scientific partnership

APECS Belgium

Oct 5, 2023

Crossing Greenland: A call for scientific partnership

Belgium's polar pulse

Events & opportunities at your door

@ Louise Delhaye

Movie screening: 80 Degrees North – a documentary of a Svalbard expedition, Cathrin Wittig

"Have you ever dreamed of venturing into the unknown? Wandering through a world of endless ice and white snow as far as you can see? Dare to challenge the elements and be as close to the polar nature as possible?"