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Subantarctic islands contain some of the most remote and least disturbed wilderness regions of the world. Despite best efforts at conservation…
Over recent decades, Antarctic plants have been exposed to the … largest relative increase in UV-B exposure as a result of ozone … depletion. Open-sided plexiglass screens were used to reduce UV … levels by 77% over turves of the endemic Antarctic bryophyte, Grimmia antarctici…
This study represents the first investigation into the feasibility of using remote sensing to map and monitor the vegetation of sub-Antarctic islands. There have previously been no studies using satellite technology to remotely sense vegetation change in the Antarctic or sub-Antarctic regions…
Antarctic vegetation is exposed to elevated levels of UV-B … radiation (UVBR) as a result of ozone depletion. Three species of … co-occurring Antarctic bryophytes, Bryum pseudotriquetrum…
Abstract … Little effort has been devoted to differentiating between hydrocarbon losses through evaporation and biodegradation … in treatability studies of fuel-contaminated Antarctic soils. When natural attenuation is being considered as a treatment … option…
The Southern Hemisphere westerlies in the southwest Pacific are known to have waxed and waned numerous times during the last … two glacial cycles, though even semi-continuous histories of the westerlies extend back no more than about 20,000 years.
Dome C, Antarctica (75 S, 123 E; 3250 meters) is one of the coldest and driestlocations on Earth, with exceptionally low winds throughout the atmosphere. It therefore has the potential to be an ideal site for astronomical observations.