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Aliinostoc bakau sp. nov. (Cyanobacteria, Nostocaceae), a New Microcystin Producer from Mangroves in Malaysia
Read more of: Aliinostoc bakau sp. nov. (Cyanobacteria, Nostocaceae), a New Microcystin Producer from Mangroves in MalaysiaA new microcystin-producing mangrove cyanobacterium, Aliinostoc bakau sp. nov., was isolated from a tropical mangrove in Penang, Malaysia, and characterized using combined morphological and phylogenetic approaches. Cultures were established in […]
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Abrupt Holocene ice loss due to thinning and ungrounding in the Weddell Sea Embayment
Read more of: Abrupt Holocene ice loss due to thinning and ungrounding in the Weddell Sea EmbaymentThe extent of grounded ice and buttressing by the Ronne Ice Shelf, which provides resistance to the outflow of ice streams, moderate West Antarctic Ice Sheet stability. During the Last […]
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Oceanographic Variability in Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, and Its Implications for Glacier Retreat
Read more of: Oceanographic Variability in Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, and Its Implications for Glacier RetreatSouth Georgia is a heavily glaciated sub-Antarctic island in the Southern Ocean. Cumberland Bay is the largest fjord on the island, split into two arms, each with a large marine-terminating […]
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Improving Thermospheric Density Predictions in Low‐Earth Orbit With Machine Learning
Read more of: Improving Thermospheric Density Predictions in Low‐Earth Orbit With Machine LearningThermospheric density is one of the main sources of uncertainty in the estimation of satellites’ position and velocity in low-Earth orbit. This has negative consequences in several space domains, including […]
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An outsider on the Antarctic Peninsula: A new record of the non-native moth Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Read more of: An outsider on the Antarctic Peninsula: A new record of the non-native moth Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)We report the first record of the microlepidopteran Plodia interpunctella beyond the South Shetland Islands at the Chilean Yelcho scientific station (64°52′33.1428″ S; 63°35′1.9572″ W), Doumer Island, close to the […]
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TerrANTALife 1.0 Biodiversity data checklist of known Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater life forms
Read more of: TerrANTALife 1.0 Biodiversity data checklist of known Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater life formsIncomplete species inventories for Antarctica represent a key challenge for comprehensive ecological research and conservation in the region. Additionally, data required to understand population dynamics, rates of evolution, spatial ranges, […]
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Molecular analyses support revision of species diversity of the moss genus Bryum in Antarctica
Read more of: Molecular analyses support revision of species diversity of the moss genus Bryum in AntarcticaBryum is a moss genus that is widely distributed across the planet. Many of its species are characterized by large phenotypic and morphological plasticity, generating uncertainty in species identification exclusively […]
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How Might Plastic Pollution Affect Antarctic Animals?
Read more of: How Might Plastic Pollution Affect Antarctic Animals?Antarctica is the least populated place on Earth, but the frozen continent and its surrounding Southern Ocean are still affected by human activities. Scientists have found large pieces of plastic […]
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Prioritize environmental sustainability in use of AI and data science methods [Comment]
Read more of: Prioritize environmental sustainability in use of AI and data science methods [Comment]Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science will play a crucial role in improving environmental sustainability, but the energy requirements of these methods will have an increasingly negative effect on the […]
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When ice and sea are not barriers for flies: First report of Trichocera maculipennis (Diptera) in South America
Read more of: When ice and sea are not barriers for flies: First report of Trichocera maculipennis (Diptera) in South America1. During the 2022/2023 austral winter, large swarms of Trichocera (Saltrichocera) maculipennis Meigen, 1818 (Diptera: Trichoceridae), were observed around house roofs in Puerto Williams (Navarino Island, southern Chile, 54° S). In […]