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 …

Antarctic ecosystems in transition–life between stresses and opportunities

J Gutt, E Isla, JC Xavier, BJ Adams, IY Ahn… - Biological …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Important findings from the second decade of the 21st century on the impact of
environmental change on biological processes in the Antarctic were synthesised by 26 …

[PDF][PDF] Antarctic climate change and the environment: A decadal synopsis and recommendations for action

SL Chown, RI Leihy, TR Naish, CM Brooks, P Convey… - 2022‏ - ro.uow.edu.au
Scientific evidence is abundantly clear and convincing that due to the current trajectory of
human-derived emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, the atmosphere and ocean …

Ecosystem coupling: A unifying framework to understand the functioning and recovery of ecosystems

R Ochoa-Hueso, M Delgado-Baquerizo, AC Risch… - One Earth, 2021‏ - cell.com
Global change frequently disrupts the connections among species, as well as among
species and their environment, before the most obvious impacts can be detected. Therefore …

Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus

E Bergami, E Rota, T Caruso, G Birarda… - Biology …, 2020‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
There is evidence and serious concern that microplastics have reached the most remote
regions of the planet, but how far have they travelled in terrestrial ecosystems? This study …

[HTML][HTML] Linking nematode communities and soil health under climate change

D Pires, V Orlando, RL Collett, D Moreira, SR Costa… - Sustainability, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Soil health is intimately intertwined with ecosystem services. Climate change negatively
impacts ecosystem functioning, by altering carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycles and …

Response of a terrestrial polar ecosystem to the March 2022 Antarctic weather anomaly

JE Barrett, BJ Adams, PT Doran, HA Dugan… - Earth's …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Record high temperatures were documented in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, on 18
March 2022, exceeding average temperatures for that day by nearly 30° C. Satellite imagery …

Environmental factors influencing fine-scale distribution of Antarctica's only endemic insect

LJ Potts, JD Gantz, Y Kawarasaki, BN Philip… - Oecologia, 2020‏ - Springer
Species distributions are dependent on interactions with abiotic and biotic factors in the
environment. Abiotic factors like temperature, moisture, and soil nutrients, along with biotic …

Abiotic factors influence patterns of bacterial diversity and community composition in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica

EM Bottos, DC Laughlin, CW Herbold… - FEMS microbiology …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Dry Valleys of Antarctica are a unique ecosystem of simple trophic
structure, where the abiotic factors that influence soil bacterial communities can be resolved …

Phylogenetic clustering and rarity imply risk of local species extinction in prospective deep-sea mining areas of the Clarion–Clipperton Fracture Zone

L Macheriotou, A Rigaux… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
An understanding of the forces controlling community structure in the deep sea is essential
at a time when its pristineness is threatened by polymetallic nodule mining. Because …