Antarctic environmental change and biological responses

P Convey, LS Peck - Science Advances, 2019 - science.org
Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean are facing complex environmental change.
Their native biota has adapted to the region's extreme conditions over many millions of …

Antarctica's vegetation in a changing climate

C Colesie, CV Walshaw, LG Sancho… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Quantarctica, an integrated map** environment for Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, and sub-Antarctic islands

K Matsuoka, A Skoglund, G Roth, J de Pomereu… - … Modelling & Software, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Quantarctica (https://www. npolar. no/quantarctica) is a geospatial data package,
analysis environment, and visualization platform for the Antarctic Continent, Southern Ocean …

Climate change drives expansion of Antarctic ice-free habitat

JR Lee, B Raymond, TJ Bracegirdle, I Chadès… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity occurs almost exclusively in ice-free areas that cover less
than 1% of the continent. Climate change will alter the extent and configuration of ice-free …

Invasive non‐native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region

KA Hughes, OL Pescott, J Peyton… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Antarctic is considered to be a pristine environment relative to other regions of the Earth,
but it is increasingly vulnerable to invasions by marine, freshwater and terrestrial non‐native …

Islands in the ice: Potential impacts of habitat transformation on Antarctic biodiversity

JR Lee, MJ Waterman, JD Shaw… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

A satellite-derived baseline of photosynthetic life across Antarctica

CV Walshaw, A Gray, PT Fretwell, P Convey… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Terrestrial vegetation communities across Antarctica are characteristically sparse,
presenting a challenge for map** their occurrence using remote sensing at the continent …

Our footprint on Antarctica competes with nature for rare ice-free land

ST Brooks, J Jabour, J Van Den Hoff… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Construction and operation of research stations present the most pronounced human
impacts on the Antarctic continent across a wide range of environmental values. Despite …

[HTML][HTML] Develo** resilience to climate change impacts in Antarctica: An evaluation of Antarctic Treaty System protected area policy

KA Hughes, P Convey, J Turner - Environmental Science & Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Antarctica is increasingly vulnerable to climate change impacts, with the continent predicted
to warm by∼ 4° C by 2100 under a 'business as usual'greenhouse gas emission scenario …

Diatoms define a novel freshwater biogeography of the Antarctic

E Verleyen, B Van de Vijver, B Tytgat, E Pinseel… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial biota in the Antarctic are more globally distinct and highly structured
biogeographically than previously believed, but information on biogeographic patterns and …