Whale hunting led many whale species close to extinction. Although the majority of the Southern whale populations are slowly recovering, the effects of climate change is still unknown. A research…
The presence of plastics in polar regions has been recognised by several international research teams. Besides its presence in sediments, seawater and sea ice in the Artic and Antarctica, the…
Recent news show evidence that the global state of public health emergency associated with COVID 19 may have contributed to a decrease in air pollution. Satellite images from India, China,…
Many glaciers and ice shelves along the Antarctic Peninsula have been thinning and retreating leading to collapses, and consequently increasing ice discharge to the ocean. Some authors suggest that the…
Although Antarctica is the most remote region on Earth, it is intimately coupled to the rest of the climate system. Thus, the future of Antarctica is tied to that of…
Climate change is a major problem influencing several atmospheric and oceanic climate processes leading to climate warming, already affecting the abundance and distribution of wildlife around the world. The Antarctic…
Leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) are predators that feed on penguins, fish, squid and crustaceans in Antarctic waters. This predator is known to be solitary, i.e. hunts alone and many times…
In just 1 gram of soil we can find the equivalent of 100 million bacteria. Globally much of this bacterial diversity is still poorly known and in extreme environments such…
Supraglacial lakes are important for the mass balance of the ice sheets because their development and drainage have been associated with changes in the speed of ice streams and the…
Recent events of ice melt in West Antarctica are concerning as these events indicate potential surface melt of ice shelves and their consequent collapse. A recent study by European researchers…