More losers than winners for Southern Ocean marine life
A new study of the marine invertebrates living in the seas around Antarctica reveals there will be more ‘losers’ than ‘winners’ over the next century as the Antarctic seafloor warms. […]
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Antarctic marine life may grow faster in a warming world
Read more of: Antarctic marine life may grow faster in a warming worldA team of scientists has discovered that a 1°C rise in local sea temperature has massive impacts on an Antarctic marine community. These new results are published this week (31 […]
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Zooplankton resilient to long-term warming
Read more of: Zooplankton resilient to long-term warmingTemperature plays an important role in the distribution of ocean plankton communities and has the potential to cause major distribution shifts, as recently observed in the Arctic. A new study […]
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Scotia Sea open-ocean biological laboratories
Read more of: Scotia Sea open-ocean biological laboratoriesSCOOBIES makes long-term observations of key Earth system indicators in the Southern Ocean. These observations are vital for both UK and global science.
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New study explains moss migration across the globe
Read more of: New study explains moss migration across the globeA new study on mosses found in the polar regions reveals when and how often they have migrated across the Equator. Mosses are the dominant flora in Antarctica, yet little is known of […]
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Wildlife from Space
Read more of: Wildlife from SpaceMany populations of wildlife are remote, inaccessible or difficult to monitor. The advent of sub-metre, Very-High-Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery has enabled us study these animals in a much more efficient way.
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Climate change may cause expansion to ice-free areas across Antarctica
Read more of: Climate change may cause expansion to ice-free areas across AntarcticaIce-free areas in Antarctica could expand by close to 25 per cent by 2100 and drastically change the biodiversity of the continent, research published this week in Nature has shown. […]
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SO-AntEco Biodiversity
Read more of: SO-AntEco BiodiversityIn this collaboration with the Natural History Museum (NHM) and the University of Liverpool, we have developed novel methods for using existing data to contribute to marine conservation and fisheries […]
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Using an Antarctic fungus as a wintertime biopesticide
Read more of: Using an Antarctic fungus as a wintertime biopesticideThis project investigated whether Mortierella, a cold-tolerant Antarctic soil fungus, could replace banned chemical pesticides in controlling weevil larvae that damage UK soft fruit and forestry crops.
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Penguin colony repeatedly decimated by volcanic eruptions
Read more of: Penguin colony repeatedly decimated by volcanic eruptionsOne of Antarctica’s biggest gentoo penguin colonies was repeatedly decimated by eruptions of the Deception Island volcano in recent millennia.
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Poor outlook for Antarctic biodiversity
Read more of: Poor outlook for Antarctic biodiversityAn international study involving scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has debunked the popular view that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are in a much better environmental shape than the […]
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New study reveals what penguins eat
Read more of: New study reveals what penguins eatThe longest and most comprehensive study to date of what penguins eat is published this month. The study, published in the journal Marine Biology, examines the diets of gentoo penguins […]
