Publications

2017 to 2028 of 13961 results

1. An ancient, Antarctic-specific species complex: large divergences between multiple Antarctic lineages of the tardigrade genus Mesobiotus

   Antarctica has been isolated and progressively glaciated for over 30 million years, with only approximately 0.3 % of its area currently ice-free and capable of supporting terrestrial ecosystems. As a […]

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2. Benthic biodiversity, carbon storage and the potential for increasing negative feedbacks on climate change in shallow waters of the Antarctic Peninsula

   Seafloor biodiversity provides a key ecosystem service, as an efficient route for carbon to be removed from the atmosphere to become buried (long-term) in marine sediment. Protecting near intact ecosystems, […]

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3. The extremes of disturbance reduce functional redundancy: Functional trait assessment of the shallow Antarctic benthos

   Climate-driven changes in disturbance are a major threat to ecosystem Functional diversity. The selective mechanisms underlying ecosystem response to disturbance are far from universal and remain the subject of scientific […]

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4. Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica

   The strong air temperature warming between the 1950s and 2016 in the Antarctic Peninsula region exceeded the global average warming with evident impacts on terrestrial ecosystems and the two native […]

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5. Antarctic Lakes

   The Antarctic continent, including its ice shelves, has an area of 13.8 million km2, about half the size of North America and 1.3 times the size of Europe. It is […]

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6. Sensitivity of melting, freezing and marine ice beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf to changes in ocean forcing

   Observations of surface lowering on Larsen C Ice Shelf (LCIS), Antarctica, have prompted concern about its stability. In this study, an ocean model is used to investigate the extent to […]

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7. Fungal diversity in seasonal snow of Martel Inlet, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, assessed using DNA metabarcoding

   Antarctic snow represents a microhabitat directly linked with atmospheric precipitation, and through it receives dust, sea spray, organic materials and microbial propagules. Among the microorganisms that inhabit Antarctic snow, fungi […]

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8. Diversity of Viridiplantae DNA present on rock surfaces in the Ellsworth Mountains, continental Antarctica

   The Ellsworth Mountains experience frigid desert conditions. No macroscopic vegetation is present, with only very few published records of microalgae, and the range has received virtually no formal biological survey. […]

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9. An exploration of the political, social, economic and cultural factors affecting how different global regions initially reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic

   Responses to the early (February–July 2020) COVID-19 pandemic varied widely, globally. Reasons for this are multiple but likely relate to the healthcare and financial resources then available, and the degree […]

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10. Monitoring space weather: using automated, accurate neural network based whistler segmentation for whistler inversion

    It is challenging, yet important, to measure the – ever-changing – cold electron density in the plasmasphere. The cold electron density inside and outside of the plasmapause is a key […]

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11. The role of allochrony in influencing interspecific differences in foraging distribution during the non-breeding season between two congeneric crested penguin species

    Mechanisms promoting coexistence between closely related species are fundamental for maintaining species diversity. Mechanisms of niche differentiation include allochrony which offsets the peak timing of resource utilisation between species. Many […]

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12. Subglacial water flow over an Antarctic palaeo-ice stream bed

    The subglacial hydrological system exerts a critical control on the dynamic behaviour of the overlying ice because its configuration affects the degree of basal lubrication between the ice and the […]

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