Ice sheets matter for the global carbon cycle

JL Wadham, JR Hawkings, L Tarasov… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The cycling of carbon on Earth exerts a fundamental influence upon the greenhouse gas
content of the atmosphere, and hence global climate over millennia. Until recently, ice …

Shelf–ocean exchange and hydrography west of the Antarctic Peninsula: a review

C Moffat, M Meredith - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a highly productive marine ecosystem where
extended periods of change have been observed in the form of glacier retreat, reduction of …

[HTML][HTML] How does glacier discharge affect marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic?

MJ Hopwood, D Carroll, T Dunse, A Hodson… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Freshwater discharge from glaciers is increasing across the Arctic in response to
anthropogenic climate change, which raises questions about the potential downstream …

Variability and change in the west Antarctic Peninsula marine system: research priorities and opportunities

SF Henley, OM Schofield, KR Hendry, IR Schloss… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The west Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region has undergone significant changes in
temperature and seasonal ice dynamics since the mid-twentieth century, with strong impacts …

Cryptophytes: An emerging algal group in the rapidly changing Antarctic Peninsula marine environments

CRB Mendes, RR Costa, A Ferreira… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a climatically sensitive region where
foundational changes at the basis of the food web have been recorded; cryptophytes are …

Interannual variability in phytoplankton biomass and species composition in northern Marguerite Bay (West Antarctic Peninsula) is governed by both winter sea ice …

PD Rozema, HJ Venables… - Limnology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid warming of the West Antarctic Peninsula region has led to reduced sea ice cover
and enhanced glacial melt water input. This has potential implications for marine …

[HTML][HTML] Sources of elevated heavy metal concentrations in sediments and benthic marine invertebrates of the western Antarctic Peninsula

AL Webb, KA Hughes, MM Grand, MC Lohan… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antarctica is one of the least anthropogenically-impacted areas of the world. Metal sources
to the marine environment include localised activities of research stations and glacial …

Changes in phytoplankton communities along the Northern Antarctic Peninsula: causes, impacts and research priorities

A Ferreira, RR Costa, TS Dotto, R Kerr… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Northern Antarctic Peninsula (NAP), located in West Antarctica, is amongst the most
impacted regions by recent warming events. Its vulnerability to climate change has already …

Inter-decadal variability of phytoplankton biomass along the coastal West Antarctic Peninsula

H Kim, HW Ducklow, D Abele… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a climatically sensitive region where periods of
strong warming have caused significant changes in the marine ecosystem and food-web …

Controls on dissolved and particulate iron distributions in surface waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula shelf

AL Annett, JN Fitzsimmons, MJM Séguret… - Marine Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) displays high but variable productivity and
is also undergoing rapid change. Long-term studies of phytoplankton communities and …