Antarctica plays a central role in regulating global climatic and oceanographic patterns and
is an integral part of global climate change discussions. The functioning of Antarctica's …

Antarctic biodiversity faces an unknown future with a changing climate. Most terrestrial biota
is restricted to limited patches of ice‐free land in a sea of ice, where they are adapted to the …

Crop improvement programs are facing serious challenges to sustain food and more
importantly nutritional demand from global population, due to changing climate. Major staple …

Antarctic soils provide an excellent setting to test biogeographical patterns across spatial
and environmental scales given their relatively simple communities and the dominance of …

Biological soil crusts (BSC) are considered as pivotal ecological elements among different
ecosystems of the world. The effects of these BSC at the micro-site scale have been related …

Dominant plants play crucial roles in supporting the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems.
Plants can influence the spatial heterogeneity of environmental factors, as well as the spatial …

The polar regions are among the most biologically constrained in the world, characterized
by cold temperatures and reduced liquid water. These limitations make them among the …

Climate change challenges modern agriculture to develop alternative and eco-friendly
solutions to alleviate abiotic and/or biotic stresses. The use of soil microbiomes from extreme …

Simple Summary Global mean temperature has increased by 1.07° C since the Industrial
Revolution, which arouses people's widespread concern about climate warming. Nighttime …

Soil mesofauna play pertinent roles in soil processes. For example, microarthropods
strongly influence rates of microbial decomposition. The relationship between mesofauna …