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Case study: Enhanced data sharing capability for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Year Published: 2024
Document Type:
Case Studies, Science
Summary: New Zealand now has an informative and searchable inventory of Antarctic and Southern Ocean research datasets.
Case study: Biological data informs Ross Sea marine ecosystem management
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Year Published: 2024
Document Type:
Case Studies, Science
Summary: The Antarctic Science Platform supports Aotearoa New Zealand’s commitment to be a research leader in the Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area.
Case study: Developing the next generation of Antarctic and Southern Ocean researchers
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Year Published: 2024
Document Type:
Case Studies, Science
Summary: Examples of how the Antarctic Science Platform is sustaining and growing human capabilities in this strategic priority science area.
Bringing Antarctica to the lab: a polar desert environmental chamber to study the response of Antarctic microbial communities to climate change
Summary: A custom-designed Polar Desert Environmental Chamber to perform off-continent experimental ecological research - characterising arid edaphic bacterial communities collected from the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Soil environmental DNA metabarcoding in low-biomass regions requires protocol optimization: a case study in Antarctica
Summary: Optimized workflow for soil metabarcoding through a comparative study encompassing variation in sampling strategy, DNA extraction and library preparation.
Survival of emperor penguins depends on emissions reductions
Authors: Rowan Howard-Williams and Michelle LaRue
Year Published: 2022
Document Type:
Cold Call Articles
Ownership: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: Emperor penguins are an iconic Antarctic species, but their dependence on sea ice means they are expected to be impacted substantially by climate change.
Antarctic Sea Ice #2: Biological Importance
Authors: Kyle Clem, Rob Massom, Sharon Stammerjohn and Phillip Reid
Year Published: 2022
Document Type:
Reports
Ownership: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
Summary: Antarctic sea ice, in the form of immobile coastal “fast ice” and the more extensive moving pack ice supports one of the most extensive and productive ecosystems on Earth and is crucial to the structure and function of Southern Ocean marine ecosystems that are highly attuned to its presence and seasonal rhythms. This summary on SCAR's Antarctic Environments Portal is based on the best available science.
Case Study: Machine learning-assisted meta-analysis of biological research in Antarctica
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Year Published: 2022
Document Type:
Case Studies, Science
Summary: To understand what Antarctic ecosystems may look like in a warming world, it’s critical to first comprehensively understand the current-day biodiversity and biogeography.