“If we extrapolate what we observed on Signy Island to other sites in Antarctica, a similar process can also occur,” says Cannone. “This means that the Antarctic landscape and biodiversity ...
The most persistent invader in terrestrial Antarctica to date is also a midge, and one that is already accustomed to a cooler lifestyle. Originating from South Georgia, a subantarctic archipelago in ...
Published in the journal Polar Biology, a 40-year census from Signy Island in the remote South Orkney Islands and a 30-year census from Bird Island, close to the sub-Antarctic island of South ...
Their only company will be penguins and seals. Signy Island is 370 miles from the Antarctic peninsula and 800 miles from the Falkland Islands. Without space to land a helicopter or aircraft ...
Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert ...
Derren Fox, 52, is a zoological field assistant at Signy Island Research Station, which is on one of the remote South Orkney Islands, about 370 miles (600km) from the Antarctic Peninsula.