Global warming is predicted to cause changes in permafrost cover and stability in the Arctic.
Zones of high ion concentration in regions of ice‐rich permafrost are a reservoir of chemicals …

BRCA1 is a large multi-domain protein with a pivotal role in maintaining genome stability
and cell cycle progression. Germline mutations in the BRCA1 gene confer an estimated …

Perennially ice-covered, meromictic lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, are useful
models to study the relationship between cyanobacterial and environmental variables. They …

The Antarctic continent carries the greatest diversity of lake environments on the planet:
freshwater and saline lakes, tidal freshwater epishelf lakes, lakes on ice shelves and glacier …

This article describes the development of an international and multidisciplinary project
funded by the Spanish Polar Programme on Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, South …

Benthic diatoms are commonly used for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in Arctic
regions, but interpretation of their ecology remains challenging. We studied epilithic diatom …

Drinking water samples were collected from the water source, water delivery truck, domestic
water storage tanks, and at the point of use in a decentralized drinking water system in Pond …

Microbial mats are complex communities that represent a large biomass fraction in non-
marine Antarctic ecosystems. They confer structure to soils and constitute, by themselves …

Abstract Ace Lake (Vestfold Hills, Antarctica) has been investigated since the 1970s. Its
close proximity to Davis Station has allowed year-long, as well as summer only …

Aquatic mosses in the genera Bryum and Leptobryum form unique tower-like “moss pillars”
underwater in some Antarctic lakes, in association with algae and cyanobacteria. These are …