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 …

Antimicrobial resistance in Antarctica: is it still a pristine environment?

K Hwengwere, H Paramel Nair, KA Hughes, LS Peck… - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Although the rapid spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), particularly in relation to
clinical settings, is causing concern in many regions of the globe, remote, extreme …

Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic

DM Bergstrom, BC Wienecke… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, collapse of ecosystems—potentially irreversible change to ecosystem structure,
composition and function—imperils biodiversity, human health and well‐being. We examine …

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 …

Marine ecosystem assessment for the Southern Ocean: birds and marine mammals in a changing climate

S Bestley, Y Ropert-Coudert… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals
(cetaceans and pinnipeds)–referred to here as top predators–is one of the most iconic …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Australia state of the environment 2021: overview, independent report to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment, Commonwealth of Australia …

ID Cresswell, T Janke, EL Johnston - Australia State of the …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Australia for use under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence with the
exception of the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, the logo of the agency …

Biogeographic survey of soil bacterial communities across Antarctica

G Varliero, PH Lebre, B Adams, SL Chown, P Convey… - Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Background Antarctica and its unique biodiversity are increasingly at risk from the effects of
global climate change and other human influences. A significant recent element …

Modelling and prediction of major soil chemical properties with Random Forest: Machine learning as tool to understand soil-environment relationships in Antarctica

RG Siqueira, CM Moquedace, EI Fernandes-Filho… - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Digital Soil Map** includes quantitative estimations of soil attributes in areas with
little or no soil information, being important in remote landscapes such as the Antarctic ice …

The 2019/2020 summer of Antarctic heatwaves.

SA Robinson, AR Klekociuk, DH King… - Global Change …, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
This summer, a heatwave across Antarctica saw temperatures soar above average. In the
past, much of East Antarctica has been spared from rapid climate warming due in part to …