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  • Article from 22.01.2014 | Last changed: 22.01.2014

    Waste oil

    Three barrels of waste oil

    … the form of a sticker: ”After use this oil must be taken to a waste oil collection point! Improper disposal of waste oil is a danger to the environment! Any addition … prominent place in the retail outlets giving information about a nearby collection point. The collection point is obliged to accept internal-combustion engine oils and gear oils at no …

  • Article from 23.07.2013 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Travellers to the Antarctic

    Visitors to the Antarctic must comply with certain rules to avoid causing harm to the environment.

    … by ship. Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA Penguins are used to the sight of a ship at busy points of disembarkation. Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA Next Previous Associated content …

  • Article from 11.03.2016 | Last changed: 11.03.2016

    Tourists in Antarctica

    Tourists on the mountain

    … the first cruise trips to Antarctica for travellers who enjoyed information and lectures by experts instead of entertainment programmes. The Lindblad Explorer … than 37,000 visitors; in other words, a more than fivefold increase within fifteen years. But the global economic crisis and the entry into force of recent IMO … to Antarctica every year. Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA A tent camp ist he starting point for further activities Zelt in der Antarktis Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA To sail …

  • Article from 08.03.2016 | Last changed: 11.03.2016

    Research and logistics in the perpetual ice

    The german Research Station Neumayer 3

    … maintain 80 research stations on the continent, about half of which are manned year-round, and the rest are operated only in the summer season. Argentina was the … South Orkney Islands at the northernmost tip of Antarctica. It took nearly 50 more years before other countries had their own stations. Many of the early research … research stations in the Arctic and Antarctica. The Neumayer stations over the years Germany has conducted year-round research in Antarctica since 1981. Its first …

  • Article from 11.03.2016 | Last changed: 11.03.2016

    Discovery, exploration and conservation of Antarctica

    … most of Earth’s history. The actual discovery of the continent started about 200 years ago. During two centuries mankind succeeded in exploring and gaining access to … 1908 : On his second attempt to reach the South Pole, Ernest Shackleton reached a point only 150 kilometres from the Pole but he and his companions were forced to …

  • Article from 23.07.2013 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Human presence in the Antarctic

    The presence of humans poses a threat to the ecosystem.

    … landing in South Georgia, an island in the Southern Ocean. It took another 50 years until the seal hunter John Davies reached the Antarctic mainland in 1821. In … landing in South Georgia, an island in the Southern Ocean. It took another 50 years until the seal hunter John Davies reached the Antarctic mainland in 1821. In …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Fauna of the Antarctic

    The Adélie penguin is one of five penguin species which breed in the Antarctic.

    … Antarctic. Source: M. Zinkova/ITAW Blue whales migrate thousands of kilometres a year to build up fat reserves in the Antarctic. Source: L. Lehnert/ITAW Humpback …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Flora of the Antarctic

    Lichens such as these beard lichen make up the majority of Antarctica's vegetation.

    … slow rate because of the climate conditions. They rest for most of the year. Growth phases are short, and many plants live for hundreds of years. The diameter of many lichen increases by only 10 to 16 millimetres in one … way to the other end of the world. Cruise trips in particular, that visit several points onshore in the Antarctic, multiply the risk of further increasing the spread …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Climate of the Antarctic

    Its extremely low temperatures make Antarctica the coldest continent on Earth.

    … and coldest continent on Earth. Only in the west temperatures reach the freezing point during the warmest month, January; otherwise, the annual average temperature … has been an increase of the annual average temperature of up to 2°C in the last 50 years. There is data to support a warming of the continent of about 0.12°C per …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Geology of the Antarctic

    The Antarctic continent is located on a continental plate called the Antarctic Plate.

    … Antarctica used to be fertile land and completely free of ice. Some 170 million years ago Antarctica was still part of the Gondwana supercontinent - until it broke … was a part of the supercontinent Pangaea, which broke up more than 200 million years ago into a northern part (Laurasia) and a southern part (Gondwana). According …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 27.01.2016

    The geography of the Antarctic

    Enormous ice shelves float on the ocean, connected to a glacier onshore.

    … populated coastal regions, islands and faraway swaths of land. Antarctica's highest point is Mount Vinson in the Ellsworth Mountains (4,897 m); the lowest point is in the Bentley Subglacial Trench (2,538 m below sea level). There are … summer, and thus the ice edge shifts to the north and back again in the course of a year. A wide belt of sea ice forms around the continent in winter. Source: M. …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Satellite-based penguin monitoring

    The retreat of the Antarctic sea ice is also a threat to chinstrap penguins

    … for the month of June indicate a rise in temperature of 6°C over the past 50 years. This trend has widespread effects on the marine ecosystem and has released a … for the month of June indicate a rise in temperature of 6°C over the past 50 years. This trend has widespread effects on the marine ecosystem and has released a …