in the relatively short amount of time that’s left between now and 2030,” says Bransome.

The three proposed areas — in #EastAntarctic, the #WeddellSea and the #AntarcticPeninsula — would not just help krill but conserve habitat and protect biodiversity for a huge range of the region’s species.

“Adélie and chinstrap #penguins get almost all of their calories from krill,” says Bransome. “Other predators that would benefit include #CrabeaterSeals, #FurSeals, #GentooPenguins, and #whales,

14/21

These #shrimp -like #crustaceans occur around #Antarctica but are most highly concentrated in the #AntarcticPeninsula, which also happens to be one of the fast-warming places on the planet. That’s bad news for krill — and everything that depends on them — which is a lot.

Only a few inches long, Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) may be small, but their contributions to the #ecosystem are massive — much like the swarms themselves.

2/21

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-02-satellites-speed-up-glaciers-antarctic-peninsula.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2023-02-satellites-speed-up-glaciers-antarctic-peninsula.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1630236331677827076#m

Satellites observe speed-up of #glaciers on the #Antarcticpeninsula @universityleeds @NatureGeosci https://phys.org/news/2023-02-satellites-speed-up-glaciers-antarctic-peninsula.html

Great new paper by Dominic Hodgson and Tom Jordan from #BAS.

Using #Lidar, #Radar & #AirbornePhotography data, they identify the rapid drainage and slow refilling of a ~46m subglacial lake on the #AntarcticPeninsula.

Such findings have implications for the connectivity of the surface and #Subglacial hydrological networks, and, the authors hypothesise, the thermal regime of the #Ice.

Read the #OpenAccess paper here: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4797-2022

#DomsDailyPolarPaper #Cryosphere #Antarcticles

🏳️‍🌈🇦🇶🏳️‍🌈 5/5 I'm so happy to celebrate all of my LGBTQIA+ friends who are helping shape this world we live in, and are demonstrating through their lives that a world of letting people be their genuine best selves is a better world for all of us. 🏳️‍🌈🇦🇶🏳️‍🌈
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🏳️‍🌈🇦🇶🏳️‍🌈 3/5 There are no original people of Antarctica. There is no one here who really can make much of an argument that some people "belong" here more than other people. In fact, those of us working on this continent now, some of us for decades, from all over the globe...
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🏳️‍🌈🇦🇶🏳️‍🌈 2/5 We are pretty new creatures in Antarctica, as humans - our record here is so recent. A few sightings, but more frequent, documented human contact to this continent is only a century - a bit more. My point is, the human historical record here is in its infancy.
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🏳️‍🌈🇦🇶🏳️‍🌈 1/5 May I say first, with all my heart, Happy Polar Pride Day, Antarctica fans. I'm going to blah blah for a bit below, but that's the most important thing. 🌈🌈🌈 Here's what's on my mind today, on this celebration that began continent-wide in 2019:
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Here are a few of my favorite things I've seen so far this Antarctica season, including our research vessel's 4- day trip across the Drake Passage and down the Antarctic Peninsula. I work at one of three US science bases, and this is my 16th season on the ice. Here all summer, and just getting to know the platform. Hi Mastadon! #antarctica #antarcticpeninsula #palmerstation #thispalmerlife #thisantarcticlife this is not the #southpole New here, not a #twittermigration