Southern Ocean | Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists

Will the Banded Birds Please Stand Up!

By David Ainley · November 26, 2008 ·

CAPE ROYDS, ROSS ISLAND, ANTARCTICA– The major trust of our project is to quantify the vital rates of Adélie Penguins in their changing world, as global climate change proceeds. Vital rates means such things as age of first breeding, proportion of years in which they breed... {Read More »}

Fishing in Antarctic Waters?

By Cassandra Brooks · November 3, 2008 ·

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MOSS LANDING, CALIFORNIA-- The morning of July 11th was the culmination of the conference: I finally presented my Antarctic toothfish work... {Read More »}

Antarctic Marine Ecosystem

The Antarctic food web is the simplest on the planet, and krill are at its hub. {Read More »}

Iron-Limited Phytoplankton?

By Maria Vernet · June 20, 2008 ·

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ICEBERG A43K, SOUTHERN OCEAN-- The waters of the Southern Ocean are considered High Nutrient Low Chlorophyll (HNLC) waters. In spite of abundant dissolved nitrogen, phosphorus… {Read More »}

Our Changing Iceberg

By Maria Vernet · June 13, 2008 ·

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SCOTIA SEA, SOUTHERN OCEAN-- Icebergs in the Southern Ocean are constantly moving and transforming. SS-1, the iceberg we are currently studying, is considered a "medium"… {Read More »}