The ocean around Antarctica is changing in unexpected ways. Since 2015, sea ice surrounding the frozen continent has been ...

Researchers from the University of Murica (Murica, Spain), the Carlos III Health Institute (Madrid, Spain), and the University of Siena (Siena, Italy) evaluated the concentration of polychlorinated ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

Submarine canyons around Antarctica tend to have less sea ice, higher sea surface temperatures, and more biomass such as phytoplankton blooms than the shelves they cut into. Phytoplankton blooms feed ...

Antarctic krill is a key species in the Antarctic marine ecosystem: it is an important food source for many species, such as whales, seals and penguins. However, the small crustaceans are increasingly ...

Antarctic krill – the shrimp-like crustaceans that feed whales, seals, and penguins – sit at the heart of the Southern Ocean food web. Yet these tiny animals are also the target of a fast-growing ...

d Teilen: 16.06.2025 21:00 Krill fishing in the Antarctic: overlaps with consequences Roland Koch Kommunikation und Medien Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung ...

Antarctic krill is an important food source for many species, such as whales, seals and penguins. However, the small crustaceans are increasingly becoming the focus of fishing, which can incur ...

Antarctic krill is a key species in the Antarctic marine ecosystem: it is an important food source for many species, such as whales, seals and penguins. However, the small crustaceans are ...

Krill – Image Øystein Paulsen. In the 21st century we have come to realise just how important the health of our oceans and seas are, and the Bob Brown Foundation (BBF) has backed an international call ...

They also assessed size distribution of West Antarctic Peninsula krill, a favorite food of Antarctic penguins. With the combined datasets, the researchers identified important variations in ...