Over the past decade, research on the impacts of climate change on immovable cultural
heritage (ICH) in the polar regions (Arctic and Antarctica) has slowly increased. This article …

Species delimitation is one of the most fundamental processes in biology. Biodiversity
undertakings, for instance, require explicit species concepts and criteria for species …

Abstract Agaricomycetes includes ca. 21,000 described species of mushroom-forming fungi
that function as decayers, pathogens, and mutualists in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats …

The cold, wet climate of the Arctic has led to the extraordinary preservation of archaeological
sites and materials that offer important contributions to the understanding of our common …

Climate change is expected to accelerate the microbial degradation of the many
extraordinary well-preserved organic archaeological deposits found in the Arctic. This could …

Increased tourism in the Arctic calls for more knowledge to meet management challenges.
This paper reviews existing knowledge of the effects of human use on vegetation, fauna and …

Very little is known about fungal diversity in Antarctica as compared to other biomes and
how these important organisms function in this unusual ecosystem. Perhaps one of the most …

Across the Arctic, microbial degradation is actively destroying irreplaceable cultural and
environmental records that have been preserved within archaeological deposits for …

Mines and caves are unusual ecosystems containing unique fungi and are greatly
understudied compared to other environments. The Soudan Mine in Tower, MN, an iron ore …

We assessed fungal diversity in water and sediment samples obtained from five Arctic lakes
in Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard Islands, High Arctic) and five Antarctic lakes on Livingston and …