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Accumulation variability over a small area in east Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, as determined from shallow firn cores and snow pits: some implications for ice-core records
1 January, 2005 by Robert Mulvaney
We investigate and quantify the variability of snow accumulation rate around a medium-depth firn core (160 m) drilled in east Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica (75°00′S, 15°00′E; 3470 m h.a.e. (ellipsoidal…The 800 year long ion record from the Lomonosovfonna (Svalbard) ice core
1 January, 2005 by Robert Mulvaney
We present a high-resolution record of water-soluble ion chemistry from a 121 m ice core spanning about 800 years. The core is well dated to 2/3 depth using cycle counting…Read more on The 800 year long ion record from the Lomonosovfonna (Svalbard) ice core
Validation of ocean tide models around Antarctica using onshore GPS and gravity data
1 January, 2005 by Ed King
Ocean tide models around Antarctica are presently only sparsely tested against independent data. Ocean tide modeling errors, along with subsequent ocean tide loading (OTL) displacement modeling errors, alias into altimetry…Read more on Validation of ocean tide models around Antarctica using onshore GPS and gravity data
Primary production across the Scotia Sea in relation to the physico-chemical environment
1 January, 2005 by Sally Thorpe
During the austral summer of 2003, a large scale survey of the Scotia Sea was undertaken by the British Antarctic Survey as part of the Southern Ocean Global Ocean Ecosystems…Palaeomagnetic, 40Ar/39Ar, and stratigraphical correlation of Miocene–Pliocene basalts in the Brandy Bay area, James Ross Island, Antarctica
1 January, 2005
A revised stratigraphy of Cenozoic volcanic outcrops in the Brandy Bay area on James Ross Island is obtained by combining palaeomagnetic and stratigraphical anlysis with 40Ar/39Ar dating. The fieldwork was…Biodiversity on coastal boulders at Spitsbergen
1 January, 2005 by David Barnes
Boulder communities were studied in summer 2002 in West Spitsbergen fiords. We examined multiple samples at three stations in Kongsfjorden (79° N, 12° E) and three stations in Hornsund (77°…Read more on Biodiversity on coastal boulders at Spitsbergen
Microhabitat diversity of Svalbard Bryozoa
1 January, 2005 by David Barnes
Bryozoans are one of the major macrofaunal groups of the high polar regions. Here we present data on the nature of bryozoan assemblages in the Svalbard Archipelago sampled over 6…Role of sea ice in forcing the winter climate of Antarctica in a global climate model
1 January, 2005 by Thomas Lachlan-Cope
Two different experiments have been conducted using the Hadley Centre's atmosphere-only, global climate model to investigate the role of sea ice in forcing the Antarctic climate during the winter months.…Read more on Role of sea ice in forcing the winter climate of Antarctica in a global climate model
Lithospheric mantle domains beneath Antarctica
1 January, 2005 by Philip Leat, Teal Riley
The chemistry of mafic volcanic rocks and minor intrusions erupted on continents can be used to define sub-continental asthenospheric and lithospheric mantle sources. Data have been collated from Antarctica and…Thinking big – taking a large-scale approach to seabird bycatch
1 January, 2005
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Paleogene opening of Drake Passage
1 January, 2005
The timing of events leading to the earliest connection between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans at Drake Passage is controversial but important, because gateway opening probably had a profound effect…Modeling entrainment of sedimentary particles by wind and water: A generalized approach
1 January, 2005 by Hua Lu
For long-standing theoretical reasons, it is often asserted that the threshold shear stress for entrainment of sedimentary particles (τ*t = ρfu*2t, made dimensionless as A = ρfu*2t/((ρp − ρf)gd)) has…Read more on Modeling entrainment of sedimentary particles by wind and water: A generalized approach
Solar wind-magnetosphere coupling leading to relativistic electron energization during high-speed streams
1 January, 2005 by Richard Horne
Enhancements in relativistic electron fluxes in the outer radiation belt often occur following magnetic storms and have been suggested to result from resonant interactions with enhanced whistler-mode chorus emissions observed…Seasonal stratification and tidal current profiles along Ronne Ice Front
1 January, 2005 by Keith Makinson
Throughout much of the year a coastal polynya along Ronne Ice Front in the southern Weddell Sea is maintained by winds blowing from Ronne Ice Shelf and tidal divergence [Foldvik…Read more on Seasonal stratification and tidal current profiles along Ronne Ice Front
The International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE): an overview
1 January, 2005 by Robert Mulvaney
From its original formulation in 1990 the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE) has had as its primary aim the collection and interpretation of a continent-wide array of environmental parameters assembled…Read more on The International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE): an overview
Tardigrade fauna of the South Sandwich Islands, maritime Antarctic
1 January, 2005 by Peter Convey, Sandra McInnes, Sandra McInnes
The maritime Antarctic South Sandwich Islands are an isolated oceanic archipelago of volcanic origin lying between 56º18'S, 27º34'W and 59º27'S, 27º22'W. All the islands are of recent origin (maximum ages…Read more on Tardigrade fauna of the South Sandwich Islands, maritime Antarctic
Variability in hydrographic conditions to the east and northwest of South Georgia, 1996–2001
1 January, 2005 by Eugene Murphy, Michael Meredith, Philip Trathan, Sally Thorpe
Six years of high-resolution hydrographic data from the eastern and northwestern sides of South Georgia (southwest Atlantic) are used to study the changing circulation and water mass properties of the…Tardigrades of the Australian Antarctic: Hypsibius heardensis (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae: dujardini group) a new species from sub-Antarctic Heard Island
1 January, 2005 by Sandra McInnes, Sandra McInnes
A new species, Hypsibius heardensis sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) is described from samples collected during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) 1986-87 expedition to Heard Island, in the…Biogeological Raman spectroscopic studies of Antarctic lacustrine sediments
1 January, 2005 by Dominic Hodgson
Analysis of lacustrine sediments is an accepted method for deciphering the palaeoenvironment of a lake's catchment area, as each strata of the sediment gives information about the rock type it…Read more on Biogeological Raman spectroscopic studies of Antarctic lacustrine sediments
Molecular detection and isolation from Antarctica of methylotrophic bacteria able to grow with methylated sulfur compounds
1 January, 2005 by David Pearce
This study is the first demonstration that a diverse facultatively methylotrophic microbiota exists in some Antarctic locations. PCR amplification of genes diagnostic for methylotrophs was carried out with bacterial DNA…Isolation and properties of methanesulfonate-degrading Afipia felis from Antarctica and comparison with other strains of A. felis
1 January, 2005 by David Pearce
Three novel strains of methylotrophic Afipia felis were isolated from several locations on Signy Island, Antarctica, and a fourth from estuary sediment from the River Douro, Portugal. They were identified…Daily otolith increment validation in larval mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari
1 January, 2005 by Mark Belchier, Simon Morley
Mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari, larvae were sampled by weekly plankton tows in Cumberland Bay South Georgia. The formation of daily growth increments in sagittal otoliths was validated from larvae sampled…Read more on Daily otolith increment validation in larval mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari
Evidence against an Antarctic stratospheric vortex split during the periods of pre-IGY temperature measurements
1 January, 2005 by Howard Roscoe
Historic upper-air observations from Antarctica are inspected to investigate the uniqueness of the vortex split in the Antarctic spring of 2002. No comprehensive meteorological observations are available prior to the…Sequential reduction of UV-B radiation in the field alters the pigmentation of an Antarctic leafy liverwort
1 January, 2005 by Helen Peat, Kevin Newsham, Paul Geissler
UV-B radiation (280–315 nm), incident on the leafy liverwort Cephaloziella varians growing at Rothera Point on the Western Antarctic Peninsula, was manipulated in late austral spring 1998 by screens consisting…Mackerel icefish size and age differences and long-term change at South Georgia and Shag Rocks
1 January, 2005
This study analysed the total length (LT)-frequency distribution of mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari at South Georgia and Shag Rocks from nine bottom trawl surveys at South Georgia and eight at…Flow dynamics and till genesis associated with a marine-based Antarctic palaeo-ice stream
1 January, 2005 by Claire Allen
Geophysical and geological data indicate that during the last glacial cycle a palaeo-ice stream drained the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet (APIS) through Marguerite Bay to the edge of the continental…Flow of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on the continental margin of the Bellingshausen Sea at the Last Glacial Maximum
1 January, 2005 by Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Robert Larter
Geophysical data show that during the last glaciation the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) drained to the continental shelf edge of the Bellingshausen Sea through a cross-shelf bathymetric trough (Belgica…New microsatellite markers in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) derived from an enriched genomic library and sequence databases
1 January, 2005 by Melody Clark
Scophthalmus maximus is an important commercially aquaculture fish species. We tackle the search for new microsatellites using two different approaches: an enriched partial genomic library and a screening of all…Signatures of the nightside open–closed magnetic field-line boundary during moderately disturbed conditions and ionospheric substorms
1 January, 2005 by Michael Pinnock
The comparatively low latitude of the Tasman International Geospace Environment Radar (TIGER) (147.2°E, 43.4°S, geographic; −54.6°Λ), a Southern Hemisphere HF SuperDARN radar, facilitates the observation of extensive backscatter from decametre-scale…Interhemispheric asymmetries in the occurrence of magnetically conjugate sub-auroral polarisation streams
1 January, 2005 by Michael Pinnock
Earthward injections of energetic ions and electrons mark the onset of magnetospheric substorms. In the inner magnetosphere (L~4), the energetic ions drift westward and the electrons eastward, thereby enhancing the…First recorded eruption of Mount Belinda volcano (Montagu Island), South Sandwich Islands
1 January, 2005
The MODVOLC satellite monitoring system has revealed the first recorded eruption of Mount Belinda volcano, on Montagu Island in the remote South Sandwich Islands. Here we present some initial qualitative…The structure and stability of the bacterioplankton community in Antarctic freshwater lakes, subject to extremely rapid environmental change
1 January, 2005 by David Pearce
In this study, variation in the bacterioplankton community structure of three Antarctic lakes of different nutrient status, was determined in relation to physical and chemical gradients at depth and at…Significant changes in the bacterioplankton community structure of a maritime Antarctic freshwater lake following nutrient enrichment
1 January, 2005 by David Pearce, Kevin Newsham
Nutrient enrichment is known to increase bacterioplankton population density in a variety of Antarctic freshwater lakes. However, relatively little is known about the associated changes in species composition. In this…Prospects for survival in the Southern Ocean: vulnerability of benthic species to temperature change
1 January, 2005 by Lloyd Peck
Organisms have a limited number of responses that enhance survival in changing environments. They can: 1. Cope within existing physiological flexibility; 2. Adapt to changing conditions; or 3. Migrate to…Prospects for surviving climate change in Antarctic aquatic species
1 January, 2005 by Lloyd Peck
Maritime Antarctic freshwater habitats are amongst the fastest changing environments on Earth. Temperatures have risen around 1°C and ice cover has dramatically decreased in 15 years. Few animal species inhabit…Read more on Prospects for surviving climate change in Antarctic aquatic species
Responses to extreme seasonality in food supply: diet plasticity in Antarctic brachiopods
1 January, 2005 by David Barnes, Lloyd Peck
The ice gouged, shallow, polar seabed is a challenging place to live, but suspension feeders are particularly rich and abundant there. The extreme seasonality of food supply from phytoplankton at…Genomics: applications to Antarctic ecosystems
1 January, 2005 by Andrew Clarke, Lloyd Peck, Melody Clark, Peter Convey
Biological research in Antarctica has made considerable progress in science over recent decades. As little as 50 years ago, there was scant knowledge even of the species inhabiting the region.…Limitation of size by hypoxia in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
1 January, 2005 by Lloyd Peck
The size of an organism is of fundamental importance in all biological processes. It dictates many of the critical interactions and physical factors that delimit the envelope within which an…Read more on Limitation of size by hypoxia in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
Foraging and provisioning strategies of the light-mantled sooty albatross at South Georgia: competition and co-existence with sympatric pelagic predators
1 January, 2005 by Janet Silk, Richard Phillips
Foraging and provisioning strategies of the light-mantled sooty albatross (LMSA) Phoebetria palpebrata were studied during chick-rearing at Bird Island, South Georgia, in January to May 2003. Virtually all trips of…Summer distribution and migration of nonbreeding albatrosses: individual consistencies and implications for conservation
1 January, 2005 by Janet Silk, Richard Phillips, Vsevolod Afanasyev
Many birds show a surprising degree of intraspecific variability in migratory tendency and choice of wintering site. In this study, we tracked the seasonal movements of 35 nonbreeding Black-browed Albatrosses…Diatom fatty acid biomarkers indicate growth rates in Antarctic krill
1 January, 2005 by Geraint Tarling, Peter Ward
We investigated the relationship between nutritional condition (levels of specific fatty acids) and growth increment (percentage growth per intermoult period, percentage IMP-1) for Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) collected from the…Read more on Diatom fatty acid biomarkers indicate growth rates in Antarctic krill
A multi-proxy approach to determine Antarctic terrestrial palaeoclimate during the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary
1 January, 2005
Fossil wood is abundant throughout the Cretaceous and Tertiary sequences of the northern Antarctic Peninsula region. The fossil wood represents the remains of the vegetation that once grew at the…Exploring subglacial Antarctic lake environments
1 January, 2005
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Glacier surge dynamics of Sortebræ, east Greenland, from synthetic aperture radar feature tracking
1 January, 2005 by Hamish Pritchard
We have measured the surface flow rate of the large east Greenland glacier, Sortebræ, through both the initiation and termination of a major surge using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) feature…The International Polar Year 2007–2008: planning for a new phase of polar exploration and understanding
1 January, 2005
The concept of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007–2008 is of an intensive burst of internationally coordinated, interdisciplinary, scientific research and observations focused on the Earth's Polar Regions. The research…Deconvolution-based resolution enhancement of chemical ice core records obtained by continuous flow analysis
1 January, 2005
Continuous flow analysis (CFA) has become a popular measuring technique for obtaining high-resolution chemical ice core records due to an attractive combination of measuring speed and resolution. However, when analyzing…Tidal exchange of zooplankton between Lough Hyne and the adjacent coast
1 January, 2005 by David Barnes
Plankton samples collected in November 2002, February, May and August 2003 were used to examine seasonal variation in tidal exchange of zooplankton biomass, abundance and species composition between Lough Hyne…Read more on Tidal exchange of zooplankton between Lough Hyne and the adjacent coast
On the relationship between surface and basal properties on glaciers, ice sheets, and ice streams
1 January, 2005 by Hilmar Gudmundsson
The influence of basal disturbances on the steady state surface topography and on surface velocities of glaciers and ice sheets is investigated numerically. This is done for finite amplitude basal…Trends of halon gases in polar firn air: implications for their emission distributions
1 January, 2005 by Robert Mulvaney
Four halons (H-1301, H-1211, H-2402 and H-1202) have been measured in air samples collected from polar firn from Dome Concordia (Dome C), Antarctica, from Devon Island, Canada and the North…Read more on Trends of halon gases in polar firn air: implications for their emission distributions
Antarctic ecosystem monitoring: quantifying the response of ecosystem indicators to variability in Antarctic krill
1 January, 2005 by Eugene Murphy
The utility of upper-trophic-level species as ecosystem indicators is determined by our ability to relate changes in indices of their performance to changes at lower trophic levels. Such relationships were…Causes of offspring mortality in the Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella: the interaction of density dependence and ecosystem variability
1 January, 2005 by Jaume Forcada
Rates of pup production and causes of pup mortality, recorded in a designated study colony on Bird Island, South Georgia, from 1989 to 2003, were used to evaluate the factors…Mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari in the diet of upper trophic level predators at South Georgia: implications for fisheries management
1 January, 2005 by Martin Collins, Simeon Hill
The mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari Lönnberg is an important component of the ecosystem at South Georgia. Its diet is dominated by Antarctic krill Euphausia superba; in turn, it is also…NO3 vertical profile measurements from remote sensing balloon-borne spectrometers and comparison with model calculations
1 January, 2005 by Howard Roscoe
Eleven vertical profiles of stratospheric NO3 have been obtained since 1992 using the AMON and SALOMON balloon-borne UV-visible spectrometers. The measurements are compared to the SLIMCAT 3D model and calculations…Large-scale biogeographic patterns in marine mollusks: a confluence of history and productivity?
1 January, 2005 by Andrew Clarke, Alistair Crame
Large-scale biogeographic patterns in marine systems are considerably less well documented and understood than those in terrestrial systems. Here, we synthesize recent evidence on latitudinal and bathymetric gradients of species…Supervolcanos
1 January, 2005 by Teal Riley
Teal Riley has been digging around in the geological record to find out more about what causes supervolcanoes to erupt.Early–Middle Jurassic dolerite dykes from western Dronning Maud Land (Antarctica): identifying mantle sources in the Karoo Large Igneous Province
1 January, 2005 by Philip Leat, Teal Riley
A suite of dolerite dykes from the Ahlmannryggen region of western Dronning Maud Land (Antarctica) forms part of the much more extensive Karoo igneous province of southern Africa. The dyke…Lightning driven inner radiation belt energy deposition into the atmosphere: regional and global estimates
1 January, 2005 by Mark Clilverd
In this study we examine energetic electron precipitation fluxes driven by lightning, in order to determine the global distribution of energy deposited into the middle atmosphere. Previous studies using lightning-driven…Measurements from ground and balloons during APE-GAIA – A polar ozone library
1 January, 2005 by Howard Roscoe, Jonathan Shanklin, Steve Colwell
Many long-term monitoring sites in Antarctic regions, which deploy ground-based stratospheric remote sensors and fly radiosondes or ozonesondes on balloons, supported the Airborne Polar Experiment in September and October 1999.…Read more on Measurements from ground and balloons during APE-GAIA – A polar ozone library
Has the Antarctic Vortex Split before 2002?
1 January, 2005 by Howard Roscoe, Jonathan Shanklin, Steve Colwell
In late September 2002, the Antarctic ozone hole was seen to split into two parts, resulting in large increases in ozone at some stations and the potential for significant modification…Polar mesosphere summer echo detection using a dynasonde
1 January, 2005 by Mark Clilverd, Michael Rose
We describe a new polar mesosphere summer echo (PMSE) radar system implementation that uses a snow-buried antenna operated with the dynasonde at Halley, Antarctica (76°S), the highest southern latitude at…Read more on Polar mesosphere summer echo detection using a dynasonde
Modelling gene networks at different organisational levels
1 January, 2005
Approaches to modelling gene regulation networks can be categorized, according to increasing detail, as network parts lists, network topology models, network control logic models, or dynamic models. We discuss the…Read more on Modelling gene networks at different organisational levels
Which cyanobacterial genotypes are observed in microbial mats of Antarctic lakes?
1 January, 2005 by Dominic Hodgson
Cyanobacteria are the dominant phototrophs in Antarctic biota where they form conspicuous microbial mats at the bottom of lakes and ponds. In the frame of the OSTC project LAQUAN (EV/12/1B),…Read more on Which cyanobacterial genotypes are observed in microbial mats of Antarctic lakes?
Thermal analysis of the plant encapsulation-dehydration cryopreservation protocol using silica gel as the desiccant
1 January, 2005 by William Block
The encapsulation-dehydration cryopreservation protocol is critically dependent upon the evaporative desiccation step, which must optimise survival with the retention of glass stability on sample cooling and rewarming. Desiccation is usually…Relative production of Calanoides acutus (Copepoda: Calanoida) and Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill) at South Georgia, and its implications at wider scales
1 January, 2005 by Geraint Tarling, Jonathan Watkins, Peter Ward
Antarctic krill are often described as the major species in Southern Ocean food webs, but there have been no direct site-specific comparisons between their production and that of copepods that…Habitat-specific normal and reverse diel vertical migration in the plankton-feeding basking shark
1 January, 2005 by Geraint Tarling
1. Megaplanktivores such as filter-feeding sharks and baleen whales are at the apex of a short food chain (phytoplankton–zooplankton–vertebrate) and are sensitive indicators of sea-surface plankton availability. Even though they…Exploring with explosions: looking beneath the Antarctic ice sheet with seismic surveys
1 January, 2005 by Andy Smith
No abstract available for this article. Text not available online.Read more on Exploring with explosions: looking beneath the Antarctic ice sheet with seismic surveys
The bryophyte flora of geothermal habitats on Deception Island, Antarctica
1 January, 2005
Deception Island is one of the most volcanically active sites south of 60°S. Between 1967 and 1970 three major eruptions devastated large expanses of the landscape and its predominantly cryptogamic…Read more on The bryophyte flora of geothermal habitats on Deception Island, Antarctica
The thermophilic bryoflora of Deception Island: unique plant communities as a criterion for designating an Antarctic Specially Protected Area
1 January, 2005
Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands is one of the most volcanically active sites south of 60°S. Between 1967 and 1970 three major eruptions devastated large expanses of the…Bryophyte diversity and ecology of two geologically contrasting Antarctic islands
1 January, 2005
A comparison is made of the bryophyte floras of two small maritime Antarctic islands lying at similar latitudes and with similar climates and glacial topographies, but differing markedly in their…Read more on Bryophyte diversity and ecology of two geologically contrasting Antarctic islands
Extensive colonization of volcanic ash by an unusual form of Peltigera didactyla at Deception Island, maritime Antarctic
1 January, 2005
Peltigera didactyla (With.) J. R. Laundon has a cosmopolitan distribution, but in the Antarctic it is very restricted and is nowhere common or abundant, occurring at a number of sites…Evidence of late Quaternary environmental change in a continental east Antarctic lake from lacustrine sedimentary pigment distributions
1 January, 2005 by Dominic Hodgson
A sediment core from Progress Lake, one of the oldest lacustrine sequences in East Antarctica, contains distinct zones dating from a previous interglacial (most likely Marine Isotope Stage 5e, c.…Low temperature bioremediation of oil-contaminated soil using biostimulation and bioaugmentation with a Pseudomonas sp. from maritime Antarctica
1 January, 2005 by Kevin Hughes
Aims: To identify native Antarctic bacteria capable of oil degradation at low temperatures. Methods and Results: Oil contaminated and pristine soils from Signy Island (South Orkney Islands, Antarctica) were examined…Investigating the use of milk fatty acids to detect dietary changes: a comparison with faecal analysis in Antarctic fur seals
1 January, 2005 by Iain Staniland
We compared the use of fatty acid signature analysis with results from traditional faecal methods using milk samples and enemas concurrently collected from 8 female Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella…Sexual segregation in seals
1 January, 2005 by Iain Staniland
Genetic population structure in the black-spot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo Brünnich, 1768) from the NE Atlantic
1 January, 2005
The depletion of shallow-water fish stocks through overexploitation has led to increasing fishing pressure on deep-sea species. Poor knowledge of the biology of commercially valuable deep-water fish has led to…On the origin of Antarctic marine benthic community structure
1 January, 2005 by Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Robert Larter
Environmental conditions fostering marine communities around Antarctica differ fundamentally from those in the rest of the world's oceans, particularly in terms of pronounced climatic fluctuations and extreme cold. Here, we…Read more on On the origin of Antarctic marine benthic community structure
The role of Antarctica in the development of plate tectonic theories: from Scott to the present
1 January, 2005
One hundred years of geological research in and around Antarctica since Scott's Discovery expedition of 1901-1904 have seen the continent move from a great unknown at the margins of human…Large solar flares and their ionospheric D region enhancements
1 January, 2005 by Mark Clilverd
On 4 November 2003, the largest solar flare ever recorded saturated the GOES satellite X-ray detectors, making an assessment of its size difficult. However, VLF radio phase advances effectively recorded…Read more on Large solar flares and their ionospheric D region enhancements
Timescale for MeV electron microburst loss during geomagnetic storms
1 January, 2005 by Richard Horne
Energetic electrons in the outer radiation belt can resonate with intense bursts of whistler-mode chorus emission leading to microburst precipitation into the atmosphere. The timescale for removal of outer zone…Read more on Timescale for MeV electron microburst loss during geomagnetic storms
Comparison of two time-variant forced eddy-permitting global ocean circulation models with hydrography of the Scotia Sea
1 January, 2005 by Sally Thorpe
A comparison between hydrographic observations and output from two realistically forced z-level global ocean circulation models (OCCAM and POCM_4C) in the Scotia Sea, South Atlantic, is described. The study region…Influx of meltwater to subglacial Lake Concordia, East Antarctica
1 January, 2005 by Fausto Ferraccioli
We present evidence for melting at the base of the ice that overlies Lake Concordia, an 800 km2 subglacial lake near Dome Concordia, East Antarctica, via a combination of glaciohydraulic…Read more on Influx of meltwater to subglacial Lake Concordia, East Antarctica
Effect of organochlorine contaminants and individual biological traits on blubber retinoid concentrations in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
1 January, 2005 by Jaume Forcada
Here we assessed retinoids as biomarkers of contaminant exposure by studying whether the sex, age, lipid content and organochlorine concentrations of bottlenose dolphins induced variation in retinoid status and its…Aspects of modern Antarctic meteorology and climatology
1 January, 2005 by John Turner
Abstract and full text of this article are not available online.Read more on Aspects of modern Antarctic meteorology and climatology
Antarctic climate change during the last 50 years
1 January, 2005 by Gareth Marshall, John Turner, Steve Colwell, Thomas Lachlan-Cope
The Reference Antarctic Data for Environmental Research (READER) project data set of monthly mean Antarctic near-surface temperature, mean sea-level pressure (MSLP) and wind speed has been used to investigate trends…Read more on Antarctic climate change during the last 50 years