Antarctica is the most isolated continent on Earth, but it has not escaped the negative
impacts of human activity. The unique marine ecosystems of Antarctica and their endemic …

A decade has yielded much progress in understanding polar disturbance and community
recovery—mainly through quantifying ice scour rates, other disturbance levels, larval …

The retrieval of a polystyrene macro-plastic piece stranded on the shores in King George
Island (South Shetlands, Antarctica) gave the opportunity to explore the associated bacterial …

We review the scientific literature, especially from the past decade, on the impacts of human
activities on the Antarctic environment. A range of impacts has been identified at a variety of …

Soil and sediment samples from James Ross Island were analyzed for their PCB, OCP and
PAH contents. Soil concentrations ranged between 0.51 and 1.82 ngg− 1 for seven indicator …

Banned pesticides such as HCB and p, p′-DDE, and other legacy and ongoing pollutants
such as PCBs and PAHs, were measured in different vegetation types and soil samples …

This article presents a review of information related to the influence of potential permafrost
degradation on the environmental fate of chemical species which are released and stored …

This study is the first quantitative report on petroleum biomarkers from the coral reefs
systems of the Persian Gulf. 120 reef surface sediment samples from ten fragile coral reef …

This study investigated the current contamination status and potential sources of traditional
and emerging polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (t-PAHs and e-PAHs) in the sediments …

This paper describes the first results of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and
spheroidal carbonaceous particles (SCPs) in sediment cores of Admiralty Bay, Antarctica …