The climatic change on King George Island (KGI) in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica,
in the years of 1948–2011 are presented. In the reference period, a statistically significant …

High-resolution aerial images allow detailed analyses of periglacial landforms, which is of
particular importance in light of climate change and resulting changes in active layer …

The level of polymorphism, genetic variability and relatedness of a population of Poa annua
L. from South Shetlands Islands was studied and compared with results obtained for …

Antarctica harbors a great diversity of microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea,
microalgae and yeasts. The Pseudomonas genus is one of the most diverse and successful …

Seven lichens (Usnea antarctica and U. aurantiacoatra) and nine moss samples (Sanionia
uncinata) collected in King George Island were analyzed using instrumental neutron …

Soil microbial properties were investigated to assess the potential of organic matter
dynamics in mineral and ornithogenic soils in a cold climate. Microbial biomass, respiration …

In the second half of the 20th century, the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) region was warming
considerably (Turner et al., 2005) with the greatest degree of warming in the southwest of …

Aerosol number concentrations in the particle size range from~ 10 nm to 1 μm and vertical
electric field strength in the surface layer was measured between September 2012 and …

Meteorological conditions at Arctowski Station during 2013-2017 were presented against
the background of regional climate changes, especially air temperature decline. Air …

Polar areas are among the regions where climate change occurs faster than on most of the
other areas on Earth. To study the effects of climate change on vegetation, there is a need …