The ultrasmall Patescibacteria, in particular, may play unusual roles in the lake's ecosystem that do not play out in other ...

An exciting breakthrough under the Antarctic ice is changing our understanding of life ... this subglacial lake is home to an ...

The amount of vegetated area on the Antarctic Peninsula has grown nearly 14 times over since the middle of the 1980s ...

Antarctica, the world's most remote, harsh and pristine continent, is not free from marine pollution. Where human activity ...

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Despite their assumption that the lake was frozen and devoid of organisms, ground-penetrating radar scans indicated the ...

Antarctica is one of the most vulnerable ecosystems on the planet. Climate change, invasive species and the impact of human ...

Populations of the tiny crustacean - a key food source for whales and dolphins - have declined by 80% since 1970 due mainly ...

Antarctica, the worlds most remote, harsh and pristine continent, is not free from marine pollution. Where human activity ...

Among these, plastic pollution stands out, as it has created a unique new ecological niche in the ocean. Once it gets into the water, plastic debris provides surfaces that can be quickly colonised by ...

Beyond being a home for microbes, the plastisphere can disrupt the natural balance of ocean life at the microscopic level.