Antarctic ecosystems are under increasing anthropogenic pressure, but efforts to predict the
responses of Antarctic biodiversity to environmental change are hindered by considerable …

Developments of future scenarios of Antarctic ecosystems are still in their infancy, whilst
predictions of the physical environment are recognized as being of global relevance and …

Against a changing climate, the development of evidence‐based and progressive
conservation policies depends on robust and quantitative baseline studies to resolve habitat …

Anthropogenic climate change is causing observable changes in Antarctica and the
Southern Ocean including increased air and ocean temperatures, glacial melt leading to sea …

Man-made climate change accepts no boundaries and affects virtually all components of the
earth (Hilty et al. 2007, Turner et al. 2009, Bush et al. 2011, Brodie et al. 2012, Resendiz …

Climate change has played a critical role in the evolution and structure of Earth's
biodiversity. Geothermal activity, which can maintain ice-free terrain in glaciated regions …

Seafloor communities are a critical part of the unique and diverse Antarctic marine life.
Processes at the ocean-surface can strongly influence the diversity and abundance of these …

Systematic long-term studies on ecosystem dynamics are largely lacking from the East
Antarctic Southern Ocean, although it is well recognized that they are indispensable to …

Ecological predictions are necessary for testing whether processes hypothesized to regulate
species population dynamics are generalizable across time and space. In order to …

Threats to Antarctic biodiversity are escalating, despite its remoteness and protection under
the Antarctic Treaty. Increasing human activity, pollution, biological invasions and the …