Antarctic biodiversity faces an unknown future with a changing climate. Most terrestrial biota
is restricted to limited patches of ice‐free land in a sea of ice, where they are adapted to the …

Southern Ocean phytoplankton production supports rich Antarctic marine ecosystems
comprising copepods, krill, fish, seals, penguins, and whales. Anthropogenic climate …

Unlike in many polar regions, the spatial extent and duration of the sea ice season have
increased in the Ross Sea sector of the Southern Ocean during the satellite era …

The current warming of the oceans has been shown to have detrimental effects for a number
of species. An understanding of the underlying mechanisms may be hampered by the non …

The atmospheric-oceanic circulation patterns, especially for the Southern Annular Mode
(SAM) and El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), two major atmospheric circulation patterns …

Global targets for area-based conservation and management must move beyond threshold-
based targets alone and must account for the quality of such areas. In the Southern Ocean …

While seabirds are well‐known for making a living under some of the harshest conditions on
the planet, their capacity to buffer against unfavourable conditions can be stretched in …

Penguins are important top consumers in marine food webs and are one of the most
threatened bird families, especially by climate change and food web alterations by marine …

Monitoring of sentinel species provides insight into the ecosystems in which they live. In the
Southern Ocean, penguins are one such indicator species, where only a limited number of …

Recent estimates indicate that∼ 70% of the world's seabird populations have declined since
the 1950s due to human activities. However, for almost all bird populations, there is …