South Georgia is located within the area likely to be worst affected. Here the reduction in krill habitat could be as much as 55%. The island is home to a range of animals such as fur seals and ...
But rising ocean temperatures are causing the krill's habitat to shrink, forcing populations to contract towards the South ...
As climate change and commercial fishing threaten krill, the crustaceans that fuel Antarctica’s entire food web, scientists ...
Krill, shrimp-like crustaceans, provide a major food source for many marine animals – from fish to whales. Credit: Stephani Gordon, Open Boat Films Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...
In Antarctica, warming waters are shifting krill habitat. This is adversely impacting a number of species, including penguins. According to a 2018 study published in PLoS One, a projected 40 percent ...
Some scientists suggest Antarctic krill will lose 30 per cent of their habitat this century. "We don't know how resilient the population is going to be to those changes, so we really need to know ...