Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss

RS Peixoto, CR Voolstra, M Sweet, CM Duarte… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Global biodiversity loss and mass extinction of species are two of the most critical
environmental issues the world is currently facing, resulting in the disruption of various …

Climate warming amplified the 2020 record-breaking heatwave in the Antarctic Peninsula

S González-Herrero, D Barriopedro, RM Trigo… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
February 2020 was anomalously warm in the Antarctic Peninsula region and registered one
of the most intense heatwaves ever recorded in Western Antarctica. The event featured …

Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula

JD Wille, V Favier, NC Jourdain, C Kittel… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
The disintegration of the ice shelves along the Antarctic Peninsula have spurred much
discussion on the various processes leading to their eventual dramatic collapse, but without …

Ecophysiology of Antarctic vascular plants: an update on the extreme environment resistance mechanisms and their importance in facing climate change

CF Ramírez, LA Cavieres, C Sanhueza, V Vallejos… - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Antarctic flowering plants have become enigmatic because of their unique capability to
colonize Antarctica. It has been shown that there is not a single trait that makes Colobanthus …

Record-high Antarctic Peninsula temperatures and surface melt in February 2022: a compound event with an intense atmospheric river

IV Gorodetskaya, C Durán-Alarcón… - npj climate and …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Antarctic Peninsula (AP) experienced a new extreme warm event and record-
high surface melt in February 2022, rivaling the recent temperature records from 2015 and …

[HTML][HTML] The extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica “heat” wave. Part I: observations and meteorological drivers

JD Wille, SP Alexander, C Amory, R Baiman… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica “Heat” Wave. Part I: Observations and
Meteorological Drivers in: Journal of Climate Volume 37 Issue 3 (2024) Jump to Content …

Summer heatwaves affect coastal Antarctic plankton metabolism and community structure

MP Latorre, CM Iachetti, IR Schloss, J Antoni… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the austral summer of 2020, record high temperatures were registered in the Western
Antarctic Peninsula. This offered a unique opportunity to evaluate the effect of extreme sea …

An extreme high temperature event in coastal East Antarctica associated with an atmospheric river and record summer downslope winds

J Turner, H Lu, JC King, S Carpentier… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
High surface temperatures are important in Antarctica because of their role in ice melt and
sea level rise. We investigate a high temperature event in December 1989 that gave record …

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 …

Record low sea ice extent in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica in April/May 2019 driven by intense and explosive polar cyclones

B Jena, CC Bajish, J Turner, M Ravichandran… - Npj Climate and …, 2022 - nature.com
Sea ice extent (SIE) in the Weddell Sea attained exceptionally low levels in April (1.97
million km2) and May (3.06 million km2) 2019, with the values being~ 22% below the long …