Over the past five or six decades, contamination and pollution of the world's enclosed seas,
coastal waters and the wider open oceans by plastics and other synthetic, non …

Patterns of environmental spatial structure lie at the heart of the most fundamental and
familiar patterns of diversity on Earth. Antarctica contains some of the strongest …

Marine provinces, founded on contrasting floras or faunas, have been recognized for more
than 150 years but were not consistently defined by endemism until 1974. At that time …

" One of those rare books that's both sweeping and specific, scholarly and readable… What
makes the book stand out is its wealth of historical detail."—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New …

Important findings from the second decade of the 21st century on the impact of
environmental change on biological processes in the Antarctic were synthesised by 26 …

The climate of the western shelf of the Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is undergoing a transition
from a cold-dry polar-type climate to a warm-humid sub-Antarctic–type climate. Using three …

Abstract The Weddell Gyre (WG) is one of the main oceanographic features of the Southern
Ocean south of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current which plays an influential role in global …

We review the scientific literature, especially from the past decade, on the impacts of human
activities on the Antarctic environment. A range of impacts has been identified at a variety of …

This paper explores the notion that the theoretical basis for contemporary research
concerning the structure and function of marine pelagic ecosystems is self-limiting. While …

The extent, duration, and seasonality of sea ice and glacial discharge strongly influence
Antarctic marine ecosystems. Most organisms' life cycles in this region are attuned to ice …