[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive insights on environmental adaptation strategies in Antarctic bacteria and biotechnological applications of cold adapted molecules

KP Ramasamy, L Mahawar, R Rajasabapathy… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Climate change and the induced environmental disturbances is one of the major threats that
have a strong impact on bacterial communities in the Antarctic environment. To cope with …

[HTML][HTML] Responses of Southern Ocean seafloor habitats and communities to global and local drivers of change

MJ Brasier, D Barnes, N Bax, A Brandt… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Knowledge of life on the Southern Ocean seafloor has substantially grown since the
beginning of this century with increasing ship-based surveys and regular monitoring sites …

Cross-chapter paper 6: Polar regions

AJ Constable, S Harper, J Dawson, K Holsman… - IPCC AR WGII, 2022 - epic.awi.de
The polar regions, notably the Arctic and maritime Antarctic, are experiencing impacts from
climate change at magnitudes and rates that are among the highest in the world, and will …

[HTML][HTML] Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica

N Cannone, F Malfasi, SE Favero-Longo, P Convey… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
The strong air temperature warming between the 1950s and 2016 in the Antarctic Peninsula
region 1 exceeded the global average warming 2, 3 with evident impacts on terrestrial …

[HTML][HTML] No evidence of microplastic ingestion in emperor penguin chicks (Aptenodytes forsteri) from the Atka Bay colony (Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica)

C Leistenschneider, C Le Bohec, O Eisen… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastic (< 5 mm; MP) pollution has been an emerging threat for marine
ecosystems around the globe with increasing evidence that even the world's most remote …

[HTML][HTML] Biogeographic survey of soil bacterial communities across Antarctica

G Varliero, PH Lebre, B Adams, SL Chown, P Convey… - Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Background Antarctica and its unique biodiversity are increasingly at risk from the effects of
global climate change and other human influences. A significant recent element …

The need for increased protection of Antarctica's inland waters

I Hawes, C Howard-Williams, N Gilbert… - Antarctic …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Protection of Antarctica's biodiversity and ecosystem values is enshrined in the Protocol on
Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, which provides for the designation of …

Mercury biomagnification in an Antarctic food web of the Antarctic Peninsula

RS Matias, HR Guímaro, P Bustamante, J Seco… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Under the climate change context, warming Southern Ocean waters may allow mercury (Hg)
to become more bioavailable to the Antarctic marine food web (ie, ice-stored Hg release and …

Analysis of the contribution of locally derived wastewater to the occurrence of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Antarctic coastal waters

A Perfetti-Bolaño, K Muñoz, AS Kolok… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) are emerging pollutants
detected in many locations of the world including Antarctica. The main objective of this …

Size and body condition of sympatric killer whale ecotypes around the Antarctic Peninsula

JW Durban, H Fearnbach, A Paredes… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
Killer whales Orcinus orca are apex predators, and their health can indicate trophic
dynamics in ecosystems that support them. We used aerial photogrammetry to estimate …