FEATURED PAPER: Icebergs and blue carbon
When 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 […]
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New polar ship reaches first construction milestone
Read more of: New polar ship reaches first construction milestoneKeel-laying ceremony at Cammell Laird
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Polar ecologist prepares for the ice – Blog no. 1
Read more of: Polar ecologist prepares for the ice – Blog no. 1New blog from ecologist Jes Bartlett who’s heading to spend the summer working at Signy Island Research station. Here she talks about preparing cargo in her blog: The Cargo Deadline […]
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Nature’s ocean fertiliser
Read more of: Nature’s ocean fertiliserScientists have discovered that Antarctic krill – a tiny shrimp-like crustacean – plays a key role in fertilising the Southern Ocean with iron, which stimulates the growth of phytoplankton, the […]
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Subantarctic seabed creatures and past climate
Read more of: Subantarctic seabed creatures and past climateA new marine biodiversity study in one of the largest Marine Protected Areas in the world reveals the impact of environmental change on subantarctic seabed animals and answers big questions […]
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Review of threats to seabirds
Read more of: Review of threats to seabirdsA review of breeding distributions, population trends, threats and key priorities for conservation actions on land and at sea for the 29 species covered by the Agreement on the Conservation […]
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Albatrosses use different regions when on migration
Read more of: Albatrosses use different regions when on migrationA new study of the movements of sub-Antarctic albatrosses tracked from two remote islands some 5,000 km apart, shows that although the birds from each breeding site take similar routes around the Southern Ocean, they forage in different areas for the majority of the time. The results are published this month in the Nature journal Scientific Reports.
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Penguin colonies at risk from erupting volcano
Read more of: Penguin colonies at risk from erupting volcanoA volcano erupting on a small island in the Sub Antarctic is depositing ash over one of the world’s largest penguin colonies.
