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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Past penguin colony responses to explosive volcanism on the Antarctic Peninsula
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Open AccessRemote sensing reveals Antarctic green snow algae as important terrestrial carbon sink
We present the first estimate of green snow algae community biomass and distribution along the Antarctic Peninsula. Sentinel 2 imagery supported by two field campaigns revealed 1679 snow algae blooms, seasonal...
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Deep glacial troughs and stabilizing ridges unveiled beneath the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet
The Antarctic ice sheet has been losing mass over past decades through the accelerated flow of its glaciers, conditioned by ocean temperature and bed topography. Glaciers retreating along retrograde slopes (th...
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Status and trends of albatrosses in the French Southern Territories, Western Indian Ocean
Today albatrosses are threatened worldwide, especially by fishing activities, and many populations are currently in decline. Albatrosses breeding at the French Southern Territories in the south-western Indian ...
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Open AccessPast penguin colony responses to explosive volcanism on the Antarctic Peninsula
Changes in penguin populations on the Antarctic Peninsula have been linked to several environmental factors, but the potentially devastating impact of volcanic activity has not been considered. Here we use det...
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Climate change and polar range expansions: Could cuttlefish cross the Arctic?
Climate change can have major effects on the distribution of species. In marine ecosystems, the cold waters of the Arctic have restricted warmer water species from crossing between Eurasia and North America. H...
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Entry beneath ice
Ice shelves in West Antarctica have been shown to melt where warm circumpolar deep water enters a sub-shelf cavity. A bathymetric reconstruction of Totten Glacier in East Antarctica suggests that the same proc...
