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Shelf iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula An ice shelf is a thick platform of ice that forms at the grounding line of a glacier, where the glacier meets the coastline. Most freshwater on earth is bound in the huge ice shield covering almost entire Antarctica and...

By Peter Prokosch

Antarctic icebergs; Antarctic peninsular Unlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and is containing the major ...

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), Antarctic Peninsula Adélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Climate Training, Langeness, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea, Germany 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important inter-tidal zone on the frontline of climate change. T...

By Peter Prokosch

Distinguishing Atlantic Salmon and Pollack in the National Park Center "Multimar", Tönning, Germany The difference between Atlantic Salmon and Pollack (in German: Lachs and Seelachs) was explained in the aquarium of Multimar when 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, ...

By Peter Prokosch

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany Different migratory bird species were studied when 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important int...

By Peter Prokosch

The flat island Hallig Langeness and sea level rise, Wadden Sea 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important inter-tidal zone on the frontline of climate change. T...

By Peter Prokosch

Common Seals (Phoca vitulina), Langeness, Schleswig-holstein Wadden Sea National Park We came along banks with Common Seals when 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important inter-tidal...

By Peter Prokosch

Hallig Hooge, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea, Germany 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important inter-tidal zone on the frontline of climate change. T...

By Peter Prokosch

Barnacle Geese (branta leucopsis), Langeness, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea, Germany 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important inter-tidal zone on the frontline of climate change. T...

By Peter Prokosch

Color-ringed Brentgeese (Branta bernicla bernicla), Langeness, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important inter-tidal zone on the frontline of climate change. T...

By Peter Prokosch

Cloud of Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica), Langeness, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important inter-tidal zone on the frontline of climate change. C...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Prof. Karsten Reise explains the the ecology of tidal flats, Langeness, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea, Germany 21 young people from 15 European countries participated in a Wadden Sea Climate Training, and got the opportunity to experience first-hand the world’s most important inter-tidal zone on the frontline of climate change. T...

By Peter Prokosch

Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus) on its breeding site, Meinypyl'gino, Chukotka, Northeast Siberia This charismatic species is listed as Critically Endangered because it has an extremely small population which is undergoing an extremely rapid population reduction. This is because of a number of factors, including habi...

By Christoph Zöckler

Dammed Geumgang Estuary, South Korea West Coast The Yellow Sea, shared by South Korea, China and the DPRK, has an estimated 2 million ha of remaining tidal-flat , and is one of less than 10 regions globally that have “megatidal environments” . As such the Yellow Sea i...

By Peter Prokosch

Geumgang tidal flats, South Korea The Yellow Sea, shared by South Korea, China and the DPRK, has an estimated 2 million ha of remaining tidal-flat , and is one of less than 10 regions globally that have “megatidal environments” . As such the Yellow Sea i...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Reclamation of tidal flats at East Coast of China On the East Coast of China internationally valuable tidal flats are reclaimed and embanked at a high speed due to rapid industrial, agriculture and harbor development.

By Peter Prokosch

Tidal flats, South Korea West Coast The Yellow Sea, shared by South Korea, China and the DPRK, has an estimated 2 million ha of remaining tidal-flat , and is one of less than 10 regions globally that have “megatidal environments” . As such the Yellow Sea i...

By Peter Prokosch

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