As polar ice melts, seabed life is working against climate change
When it comes to climate change, it's rare to get any good news. But a researcher who's reported evidence in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on September 21, after more than two decades of...
View ArticleWarmer temperatures stimulate diversity of soil fungi
New research on Antarctic soil fungi shows they are stimulated by warmer temperatures and could increase if the region continues to warm.
View ArticleAssessing seabird communities
A new study of sub-Antarctic seabirds shows that their community structure (how they co-exist and share resources) is unaffected by annual changes in availability of different types of prey, including...
View ArticleLoss of diversity near melting coastal glaciers
Melting glaciers are causing a loss of species diversity among benthos in the coastal waters off the Antarctic Peninsula, impacting an entire seafloor ecosystem. This has been verified in the course of...
View ArticleNew research shows decline in population and breeding success of Antarctic...
A fifty year study of the charismatic seabird, the southern giant petrel, on the Antarctic island of Signy shows its population has halved and its breeding success has declined in the last 10-20 years....
View ArticleMelting of massive ice 'lid' resulted in huge release of CO2 at the end of...
A new study reconstructing conditions at the end of the last ice age suggests that as the Antarctic sea ice melted, massive amounts of carbon dioxide that had been trapped in the ocean were released...
View ArticleAntarctic study identifies melting ice sheet's role in sea level rise
Loss of ice in Antarctica caused by a warming ocean could raise global sea levels by three metres, research suggests.
View ArticleSlow path to recovery for southern right whales
The first population assessment since the end of the whaling era reveals that New Zealand southern right whales have some way to go before numbers return to pre-industrial levels. Reporting this week...
View ArticleOxygen depletion in the upper waters of the Southern Ocean during glacial...
Research published this week by an international team of scientists, including the British Antarctic Survey, provides new insights into how carbon dioxide changed in the oceans surrounding Antarctica...
View ArticleNew research highlights differences between the tropics and the poles
Rivalry between species is common the world over as animals fight for territory and resources such as food. But, according to scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), competition between...
View ArticleAntarctic fossils reveal creatures weren't safer in the south
A study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic shows that the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions.
View ArticleSouth Pole medical evacuation flight launched
Officials with the National Science Foundation (NSF) have launched a medical evacuation flight to NSF's scientific station at the geographic South Pole.
View ArticlePlane on way to South Pole for daring winter medical rescue
Flying through dangerous cold and pitch-dark, a small plane is making a 1,500-mile trip to evacuate a sick worker from a remote U.S. science station on the South Pole.
View ArticlePlane lands at South Pole in daring winter medical rescue
After flying through dangerous dark and cold, a rescue plane landed Tuesday at the South Pole to evacuate a sick worker from a remote U.S. science station, federal officials said.
View ArticleOcean warming primary cause of Antarctic Peninsula glacier retreat
A new study has found for the first time that ocean warming is the primary cause of retreat of glaciers on the western Antarctic Peninsula. The Peninsula is one of the largest current contributors to...
View ArticleStabilization of ozone hole and changing wind patterns has driven regional...
The rapid warming of the Antarctic Peninsula, which occurred from the early-1950s to the late 1990s, has paused. Stabilisation of the ozone hole along with natural climate variability were significant...
View ArticleAlbatrosses forage in different areas when on migration
A new study of the movements of sub-Antarctic albatrosses tracked from two remote islands some 5,000 km apart, shows that although the birds from each breeding site take similar routes around the...
View ArticlePolar ice reveals secrets of carbon-climate feedbacks
An international team of scientists has used air bubbles in polar ice from pre-industrial times to measure the sensitivity of the Earth's land biosphere to changes in temperature.
View ArticleScientists develop interactive game demonstrating impact of climate change on...
Scientists and games developers have joined forces to help communicate the impact of climate change on the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
View ArticleTechnique could assess historic changes to Antarctic sea ice and glaciers
Historic changes to Antarctic sea ice could be unravelled using a new technique pioneered by scientists at Plymouth University.
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