Contrasting climate change in the two polar regions
The two polar regions have experienced remarkably different climatic changes in recent decades. The Arctic has seen a marked reduction in sea-ice extent throughout the year, with a peak during […]
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Strong wind events in the Antarctic
Read more of: Strong wind events in the AntarcticWe use quality controlled in situ meteorological observations collected at Antarctic research stations over the last 60 years to carry out the first continent-wide investigation into the occurrence, variability, and […]
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Exploitation of the marine ecosystem in the sub-Antarctic: historical impacts and current consequences
Read more of: Exploitation of the marine ecosystem in the sub-Antarctic: historical impacts and current consequencesThe Southern Ocean is ofren portrayed as rhe last great wilderness. However, the marine living resources of the sub-Antarctic islands haw been harvested for over two centuries. ExploitaLion began with […]
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High divergence across the whole mitochondrial genome in the “pan-Antarctic” springtail Friesea grisea: Evidence for cryptic species?
Read more of: High divergence across the whole mitochondrial genome in the “pan-Antarctic” springtail Friesea grisea: Evidence for cryptic species?Collembola are one of the few hexapod groups adapted to live in the harsh environmental conditions of Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems. Diversity is limited to a few species that can be […]
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Stable water isotopes in HadCM3: isotopic signature of El Nino-Southern Oscillation and the tropical amount effect
Read more of: Stable water isotopes in HadCM3: isotopic signature of El Nino-Southern Oscillation and the tropical amount effectStable water isotopes have been added to the full hydrological cycle of the Hadley Centre Climate model (HadCM3) coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM. Simulations of delta O-18 in precipitation and at the […]
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Impacts of local human activities on the Antarctic environment
Read more of: Impacts of local human activities on the Antarctic environmentWe review the scientific literature, especially from the past decade, on the impacts of human activities on the Antarctic environment. A range of impacts has been identified at a variety […]
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Surface circulation at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula from drifters
Read more of: Surface circulation at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula from driftersAn array of 40 surface drifters, drogued at 15-m depth, was deployed in February 2007 to the east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula as part of the Antarctic […]
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A global stratospheric bromine monoxide climatology based on the BASCOE chemical transport model
Read more of: A global stratospheric bromine monoxide climatology based on the BASCOE chemical transport modelA new climatology of stratospheric BrO profiles based on a parameterization using dynamical and chemical indicators has been developed, with the aim to apply it to the retrieval of tropospheric […]
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Ice core evidence for significant 100-year regional warming on the Antarctic Peninsula
Read more of: Ice core evidence for significant 100-year regional warming on the Antarctic PeninsulaWe present a new 150-year, high-resolution, stable isotope record (delta O-18) from the Gomez ice core, drilled on the data sparse south western Antarctic Peninsula, revealing a similar to 2.7 […]
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Improving ice core interpretation using in situ and reanalysis data
Read more of: Improving ice core interpretation using in situ and reanalysis dataBack trajectory analysis, provided by the British Atmospheric Data Centre using meteorological parameters from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) reanalysis ERA-40 (1980-2001) and operational analysis (2002-2006), is […]
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Soil trampling in an Antarctic Specially Protected Area: tools to assess levels of human impact
Read more of: Soil trampling in an Antarctic Specially Protected Area: tools to assess levels of human impactResearch in extremely delicate environments must be sensitive to the need to minimize impacts caused simply through the presence of research personnel. This study investigates the effectiveness of current advice […]
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Variability and predictability of Antarctic krill swarm structure
Read more of: Variability and predictability of Antarctic krill swarm structureSwarming is a fundamental part of the life of Euphausia superba, yet we still know very little about what drives the considerable variability in swarm shape, size and biomass. We […]