Penguin colony repeatedly decimated by volcanic eruptions
One 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 […]
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New study on how shellfish create their shells
Read more of: New study on how shellfish create their shellsA new study describing how shellfish create their shells in response to their environment is published today (Wednesday 8 February) in the journal Royal Society Open Science. The shells of […]
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FEATURED PAPER: Ecosystem Services
Read more of: FEATURED PAPER: Ecosystem ServicesIntensifying pressures from fisheries, habitat destruction, pollution and climate change are driving global declines in marine biodiversity. Despite widespread conservation efforts there is a growing argument that traditional approaches have […]
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Conservation plans to protect the albatross
Read more of: Conservation plans to protect the albatrossThe UK Overseas Territory of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands is this week launching an ambitious conservation effort to help protect the albatross. South Georgia is a globally important […]
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Special feature highlights the value of biodiversity
Read more of: Special feature highlights the value of biodiversityScientists agree that meeting the ever-increasing needs of the Earth’s human population while maintaining biological diversity is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Despite bold international commitments, biodiversity […]
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FEATURED PAPER: Icebergs and blue carbon
Read more of: FEATURED PAPER: Icebergs and blue carbonWhen divers laid a grid of 225 markers on the seabed it started one of the longest marine disturbance experiments anywhere in the world. Surveyed and replaced annually, they show […]
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New study puts shells under spotlight
Read more of: New study puts shells under spotlightA new study on how molluscs build their shells in the sub-zero waters of Antarctica is published today (Friday 11 November) in the journal Scientific Reports. A team of European […]
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UK welcomes agreement on largest Marine Protected Area
Read more of: UK welcomes agreement on largest Marine Protected AreaHOBART, Australia: The world’s experts on Antarctic marine conservation have this week agreed to establish a marine protected area (MPA) in Antarctica’s Ross Sea. At the meeting of the Commission […]
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Iceberg scouring disturbs carbon-fixing seafloor ecosystems
Read more of: Iceberg scouring disturbs carbon-fixing seafloor ecosystemsShallow-water ecosystems are a major carbon sink, as many species living on the seafloor use carbon to build their tissue and shells. This carbon can become part of seafloor sediment […]
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Study shows mixed fortunes for Signy penguins
Read more of: Study shows mixed fortunes for Signy penguinsA forty year study on a remote Antarctic island shows that while populations of two penguin species are declining, a third is increasing. Analysis of census data from Signy Island […]
