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Antarctic extreme events: ‘All-time records are being shattered not from decades ago, but from the last few years and months’

Frontiers

By Prof Martin Siegert, University of Exeter (Cornwall) Image: Shutterstock.com 42 governments around the world have agreed to protect Antarctica’s environment. Antarctica is such a place – remote from society yet influentially connected to the world’s environment that it relies on for survival. Prof Martin Siegert in Antarctica.

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Old habits

Real Climate

The melting of ice in the polar regions is a great concern and is exacerbated by the so-called Polar Amplification which is responsible for a rapid warming in the polar region, especially in the Arctic. Media awareness about global warming and climate change has grown fairly steadily since 2004.

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Vast phytoplankton blooms may be lurking beneath Antarctic ice

Frontiers

But research inspired by increasing under-ice blooms of phytoplankton in the Arctic has shown that Antarctic waters also have unexpected denizens, indicating that there is underestimated ecological variability under the ice. Floating laboratories.

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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

Deserts conjure up specific ideas about topography: typically, that they are dry and sandy dunes or rock, or a mixture of both. But deserts are far more than this and there are multiple types. How we define the desert biome are not about the types of rock, or the amount of sand, or even the temperature because there are both cold and hot deserts.

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ESA Policy News: November 7, 2022

ESA

In this issue: Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. McArthur Graduate Student Policy Award. Applications are due January 1, 2023. ESA at COP 27. ESA has received official observer status at COP 27 in Egypt taking place Nov. White House Seeks Comments About the Scope of the National Nature Assessment. ESA to hold National Nature Assessment Webinar.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

ESA

In this issue: Supreme Court Hears Sackett v. EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Congress passes a deal to keep the government funded through Dec. Executive Branch. International.

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