Understanding the causes of recent climatic trends and variability in the high-latitude
Southern Hemisphere is hampered by a short instrumental record. Here, we analyse recent …

The Antarctic environment is extremely cold, windy and dry. Ozone depletion has resulted in
increasing ultraviolet-B radiation, and increasing greenhouse gases and decreasing …

We present an update of the 'key points' from the Antarctic Climate Change and the
Environment (ACCE) report that was published by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic …

Several recent climate impact assessments on polar regions have been undertaken,
including the synthesis report on Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (AMAP …

Exposure of plants and animals to ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B; 280–315 nm) is modified by
stratospheric ozone dynamics and climate change. Even though stabilisation and projected …

East Antarctica has shown little evidence of warming to date,–with no coherent picture of
how climate change is affecting vegetation,–. In stark contrast, the Antarctic Peninsula …

Recent climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula is well documented [1–5], with warming,
alongside increases in precipitation, wind strength, and melt season length [1, 6, 7], driving …

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, leading to rapid changes in
species composition and plant functional trait variation. Landscape-level maps of vegetation …

Soil fungi have pivotal ecological roles as decomposers, pathogens and symbionts,.
Alterations to their diversity arising from climate change could have substantial effects on …

Plants like mosses can be sensitive stress markers of subtle shifts in Arctic and Antarctic
environmental conditions, including climate change. Traditional ground‐based monitoring of …