This September, the Faculty of Biology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, will be hosting an international, interdisciplinary conference on cryospheric ecosystems. The forScience Foundation has been asked to lend its patronage to this exciting event.Now, you might be wondering what our work has to do with the ecosystems…
When we think of an oasis, the first image that comes to mind is usually that of a lush green area amidst the endless sands of a desert, with camels quenching their thirst at a spring and caravan drivers dozing in the shade. Oases provide refuge from the heat and…
Even a child knows that poles are the points at the Earth’s very top and very bottom. The thing is, though, that the Earth is spherical and spheres, by definition, do not have tops or bottoms. Besides, a closer inspection makes it quite clear that there are no fewer than…