The vertical migration of Antarctic krill may play a smaller role in oceanic carbon storage than previously believed, according to a year-long study in the Southern Ocean. The findings challenge ...

Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification hinders the development of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, research published in Marine Frontiers reveals. The Antarctic Ocean Alliance ...

They also fuel the entire food web in the Southern Ocean, which circles Earth’s southernmost continent. “Every single species in Antarctica feeds on krill, or something that feeds on krill ...

The world's biggest iceberg—more than twice the size of London—could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it ...

In January 2024, the Sea Shepherd ship Allankay arrived at the northwestern extremity of Coronation Island, Antarctica ... destruction of krill fishing in the Southern Ocean.

Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification hinders the development of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, research published in Marine Frontiers reveals. Antarctic krill (Euphausia ...

The decision of the krill fishing companies comes ahead of a meeting of the Antarctic Ocean Commission (CCAMLR). The summit in October will decide whether to adopt an EU proposal to create the ...

Without this ice cover, dark patches of ocean are exposed instead ... southward shift and contraction in the distribution of Antarctic krill – a keystone species, campaigners said.

hopes were high that delegates would approve a new management plan to further spread the krill catch and finally adopt a California-sized reserve along the Antarctic Peninsula, a highly sensitive ...

They are some of the smallest animals in the ocean. But Antarctic krill play an enormous role in keeping the world's carbon emissions on track. Feeding on phytokplankton that absorb greenhouse ...