Like a wasp waist: the marine food web of the Falkland Islands
The marine food web around the Falkland Islands is controlled by only a few species.
The marine food web around the Falkland Islands is controlled by only a few species.
The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus is on the advance southward and not far from Antarctica.
A research team deciphered how toothed whales generate the clicks they use to locate and catch their fast-swimming prey in the dark depths.
Ice algae, krill, copepods, and fish are already experiencing changes in their habitat in the sea ice. A study now clarifies how they respond.
The Pacific phenomenon El Niño could cause Antarctic ice shelves and ice sheets to melt irretrievably, while sea ice remains longer.
The interactive map will help support expedition planning and improve Antarctic research in the sea ice zone.
The Thwaites Ice Shelf is melting from below much more slowly than previously thought, but not everywhere – melting is faster in crevasses.
The largest known penguin species, Kumimanu fordycei, weighing about 150 kilograms, provides important insights into penguin evolution.
Researchers at Tokyo Tech have closely observed Gentoo penguins doing turns and analyzed the underlying physical forces.
Some improvements were made to the world’s first electric polar vehicle after the first successful season.
The Falkland Islands Veterinary Service announced last week that there has been an outbreak of avian pox virus in one colony.
In Antarctica, more female humpback whales become pregnant in years when krill are abundant than in years when krill are less abundant.
For the first time, a research team specifically searched for animal carcasses and associated scavengers in the deep waters of the Weddell Sea.
British polar adventurer Captain Preet Chandi set a new world record during her Antarctic expedition, but now has to break off the expedition.
A group of 24 U.S. researchers are calling for information and data on Antarctic biodiversity to be collected worldwide and made available to researchers in a virtual network as a biotheque.
The geothermal springs of Rallier du Batty on the Kerguelen archipelago hold information on the origin of life.
With the help of a so-called “challenge” card, IAATO aims to promote its Antarctic Ambassador program and awareness of Antarctic conservation.
This year, there are more expeditions in Antarctica than at any time in the last ten years.
If we continue as before and fail to limit global warming to 1.5°C, most glaciers will have disappeared by the end of the century.
A joint Sino-Thai laboratory was established at the Chinese Great Wall Research Station.
Australia plans to use tractor convoys to make the journey from the Australian Casey station to the drilling site of the oldest ice core and has started extensive testing.
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The Almirante Óscar Viel, Chile’s prestige project, is a big step closer to completion.
Ice ages in Antarctica occurred not only every 100,000 years, but at much shorter intervals, according to recent research.