Some groups of oceanic animals, such as cephalopods, are highly skiing to scientific nets. Occurring in big areas such the Southern Ocean, the task of discover their habitat is a…
Updated: 6 mar. 2019 Knowledge on the biology, ecology and population dynamics of marine species is fundamental to understand ecosystem functioning. Southern Ocean food webs are extremely dynamic as a…
The traditional vision portrayed Antarctica as a continent with low biodiversity and limited by a hostile environment. However, biodiversity studies over the last few years have shown that life in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is…
Climate change leads to poleward movements of marine species. The Arctic is more sensitive to these changes due to the twice as fast increasing in air temperatures compared to the…
The legend of "Kraken" is not totally false. In the depths of the Antarctic Ocean lies the refuge of a creature similar in size and appearance to myth. The colossal…
The importance of interactions between physical and social sciences Increased climate change in the Arctic has already led to changes in the interactions between its inhabitants and the available natural…
In the past few years we have witnessed a set of changes in the planet’s climate, with a particular emphasis in the Arctic region. The increase in average temperatures unleashed the…
Ice cores are cylinders of ice that results in a sample of snow and ice accumulation over several years and which are obtained by drilling an ice sheet or glacier.…
Mercury is one of the most hazardous elements all over the world. During centuries, mercury was used on medicine, as preservative and anti-bacterial agent, and also largely used in industry.…
Indicative species is a concept used in the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) as one of the elements used to monitoring and to manage the…