Highlights•Glaciers act as cold condensers where the deposition of contaminants is
favored.•Cryoconite holes are efficient traps for contaminants and are biologically active …

Roughly 10% of the Earth's surface is permanently covered by glaciers and ice sheets and
in mountain ecosystems, this proportion of ice cover is often even higher. From an ecological …

Geological evidence indicates that grounded ice sheets reached sea level at all latitudes
during two long-lived Cryogenian (58 and≥ 5 My) glaciations. Combined uranium-lead and …

Glaciers cover about 10% of the Earth's land area but they are retreating rapidly and many
will disappear within decades. Glacier retreat is a worldwide phenomenon increasing the …

Moreover, the shared sensitivity of glacial and glacier-affected biodiversity to climate
warming, as well as the interactions between glacial and glacier-adjacent ecosystems …

This paper is the third monograph of the series that describes the global records of limno-
terrestrial water bears (Tardigrada). Here, we provide a comprehensive list of non-marine …

Tardigrades represent one of the most abundant groups of Antarctic metazoans in terms of
abundance and diversity, thanks to their ability to withstand desiccation and freezing; …

Understudied, but ubiquitous in every biome on Earth, tardigrades have been found in
marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats, although ecological studies are still rather …

Surface of glaciers is covered by mineral and organic dust, together with microorganisms
forming cryoconite granules. Despite fact that glaciers and ice sheets constitute significance …

The worldwide distribution of microinvertebrates on glaciers, the coldest biome, is poorly
known. Owing to their tolerance to hostile conditions, small size and dispersal abilities …