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 …

It was thought that the Southern Ocean was relatively free of microplastic contamination;
however, recent studies and citizen science projects in the Southern Ocean have reported …

In recent years, airborne microplastics have been identified in a range of remote
environments. However, data throughout the Southern Hemisphere, in particular Antarctica …

The menace of plastic which is polluting the ocean has emerged as a global problem. It is
well-known to everyone that the ultimate end for most of the plastic debris is the ocean. The …

Several studies have documented that plastic pollution is affecting one of the most remote
and pristine regions of our planet, Antarctica. Plastics of different size and polymeric …

We present an update of the 'key points' from the Antarctic Climate Change and the
Environment (ACCE) report that was published by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic …

Patterns of environmental spatial structure lie at the heart of the most fundamental and
familiar patterns of diversity on Earth. Antarctica contains some of the strongest …

Antarctica is experiencing significant ecological and environmental change, which may
facilitate the establishment of non‐native marine species. Non‐native marine species will …

Human activities in Antarctica were increasing before the COVID-19 pandemic, and tourism
was not an exception. The growth and diversification of Antarctic tourism over the last few …

To understand how planet Earth works we study it increasingly as a system–a collection of
interdependent parts or spheres–the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the cryosphere, the …