Icebergs melting

C Cenedese, F Straneo - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Iceberg calving accounts for half of the mass discharge from the Greenland and Antarctic ice
sheets, which has increased dramatically over the last two decades. Through their …

Icebergs as unique Lagrangian ecosystems in polar seas

KL Smith Jr, AD Sherman, TJ Shaw… - Annual Review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Global warming and its disproportionate impact on polar regions have led to increased
iceberg populations. Southern Ocean studies in the northwest Weddell Sea have verified …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal resource tracking and use of sea-ice foraging habitats by albatrosses and large petrels

ED Wakefield, EL McClymont, APB Carneiro… - Progress in …, 2025 - Elsevier
The Antarctic seasonal sea-ice zone (SIZ) is one of the most extensive and dynamic habitats
on Earth. In summer, increased insolation and ice melt cause primary production to peak …

Free-drifting icebergs in the Southern Ocean: an overview

KL Smith Jr - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Global warming and its disproportionate impact on polar regions have been topics of much
recent discussion and research (Zwally et al., 2002, 2005; Overpeck et al., 2006) …

Hot moments in spawning aggregations: implications for ecosystem-scale nutrient cycling

SK Archer, JE Allgeier, BX Semmens, SA Heppell… - Coral Reefs, 2015 - Springer
Biogeochemical hot moments occur when a temporary increase in availability of one or
more limiting reactants results in elevated rates of biogeochemical reactions. Many marine …

Antarctic petrels 'on the ice rocks': wintering strategy of an Antarctic seabird

K Delord, A Kato, A Tarroux… - Royal Society …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
There is a paucity of information on the foraging ecology, especially individual use of sea-ice
features and icebergs, over the non-breeding season in many seabird species. Using …

Composition and structure of macrozooplankton and micronekton communities in the vicinity of free-drifting Antarctic icebergs

RS Kaufmann, BH Robison, RE Sherlock… - Deep Sea Research …, 2011 - Elsevier
Recent warming in the Antarctic has led to increased production of icebergs; however, the
ecological effects of icebergs on pelagic communities within the Southern Ocean have not …

Seabird hotspots on icebergs in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica

CR Joiris - Polar Biology, 2018 - Springer
Our long-term study on the quantitative at-sea distribution of the upper trophic levels—
seabirds and marine mammals—in polar ecosystems aims at quantifying the factors …

Near-field zooplankton, ice-face biota and proximal hydrography of free-drifting Antarctic icebergs

RE Sherlock, KR Reisenbichler, SL Bush… - Deep Sea Research …, 2011 - Elsevier
A small ROV was used to collect plankton, make video surveys and take hydrographic
measurements in close proximity to six free-drifting, Antarctic icebergs. The icebergs studied …

Automatic extraction of floating ice at Antarctic continental margin from remotely sensed imagery using object-based segmentation

ZY Zhao, Z Liu, P Gong - Science China Earth Sciences, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Information of Antarctic iceberg and sea ice are valuable to Antarctic ice melting
patterns studies which are helpful to understand climate conditions and general trends of …