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Antarctic Snowfall Patterns and Trends: A Regional Analysis Across Multiple Data Sets

Earth and Space Science
Snowfall is the dominant positive component of the Antarctic surface mass balance (SMB) and a key factor regulating global sea level. However, substantial uncertainty remains in its spatial distribution and long‐term variability due to sparse in situ ...
Valerie Song, Yuekui Yang, Surendra Bhatta   +2 more
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Comprehensive and representative conservation planning for biodiversity of ice‐free Antarctica

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Antarctica is designated as a natural reserve devoted to peace and science, with Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPAs) serving as the primary instrument for area‐based biodiversity protection. However, the existing ASPA network lacks the comprehensiveness and representativeness required under Annex V, Article 3(2), of the Madrid Protocol.
Wen Wen, Jasmine R. Lee, Justine D. Shaw, Kerrie A. Wilson   +3 more
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Pest‐preservation paradox among insects

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
The pest‐preservation paradox is a non‐binary perspective that insects range from those that are harmful and requiring management on the one side, to those requiring conservation intervention on the opposite end of the spectrum. Importantly, the vast majority of insects occur somewhere in the center of the two extremes, and their position along the ...
Michael J. Samways, Charl Deacon, René Gaigher, James S. Pryke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oceanic regions shape the composition of the Antarctic plastisphere

Communications Earth & Environment
Abstract Antarctica, once considered pristine, is increasingly threatened by plastic pollution, with debris found in its waters, sediments, sea ice, and biota. Here, we provide a comprehensive molecular survey of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic diversity on plastics around the Antarctic Peninsula, addressing a gap in existing research.
Lacerda, Ana, Proietti, Maíra, Kessler, Felipe, Mendes, Carlos, Secchi, Eduardo, Taylor, Joe   +5 more
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Discovery of a cryptic aminoacidic triad involved in the temperature adaptation of GH1 enzymes

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Cold‐active enzymes retain high catalytic activity at low temperatures but are characterized by thermal instability, a behavior not fully understood. Comparison between a cold‐active GH1 and its mesophilic counterparts highlights the role of a three‐residue motif (W‐M‐F) in conferring structural stability to a mesophilic GH1.
Stefania Digiovanni, Gabriel Oanca, Marco Orlando, Marina Lotti, Johan Åqvist, Marco Mangiagalli   +5 more
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Climate Vulnerability of Australian Seafood Systems: A National Assessment of Exposure and Adaptive Capacity

Fisheries Oceanography, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Marine waters are becoming warmer and acidified and experiencing more intense and longer heatwaves under climate change. These changes are already impacting marine ecosystems and seafood production, which are vital for supporting food security and economic productivity.
Stephanie Brodie, Laura K. Blamey, Ana Bugnot, Rodrigo H. Bustamante, Julia L. Blanchard, Lara Buhagiar, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Alistair J. Hobday, Éva E. Plagányi, Anthony J. Richardson, Richard Matear, Skipton N. C. Woolley, Rebecca Darbyshire   +12 more
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Triple Oxygen Isotope Compositions of Isotopic Reference Waters: Implications for VSMOW‐Scale and VSMOW–SLAP‐Scale Δ′17O Calibration

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, EarlyView.
Key Points Triple oxygen isotope ratios of two primary (VSMOW, SLAP) and twelve secondary water isotopic reference materials were precisely measured using BrF5 fluorination‐IRMS. The measured Δ'17OVSMOW value for SLAP (34 ± 6 per meg) demonstrates that VSMOW‐SLAP normalisation ensures interlaboratory comparability, but introduces systematic offsets for
Ryoji Tanaka, Andreas Pack, Tyler B. Coplen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geolocation reveals wintering sites of near‐extinct Caucasian breeding sea duck

Ibis, EarlyView.
We obtained 14 sets of full annual cycle geolocator tracks from 13 individual nesting female Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca from the relict Caucasian population at their last remaining breeding site, Lake Tabatskuri, Georgia. Results showed that females wintered at widespread discrete localities in Ukraine, around the coasts of the Crimean Peninsula and
Nika Paposhvili, Heidi Maria Thomsen, Ib Krag Petersen, Anthony D. Fox   +3 more
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Seasonal variation in preen gland secretions of Tristram's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates tristrami)

Ibis, EarlyView.
Preen gland secretions are known to vary depending on sex, season and species and are thought to play essential roles in avian life history. However, their chemical composition and functions remain largely unclear in Procellariiform seabirds with well‐developed olfactory senses. Storm petrels, known for their distinctive body odour, may use preen gland
Taiki Terajima, Yutaka Yamamoto, Kentaro Nagaoka   +2 more
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Bony fish genomes: Status and gaps

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Bony fish constitute an exceptionally species‐rich group of aquatic vertebrates, comprising more than 95% of all living fish. The adaptive processes on the diversity of environments they inhabit make them a highly diverse group from taxonomic, morphological and evolutionary standpoints.
Noelia Pérez‐Pereira, Carmen Bouza, Paulino Martínez, Diego Robledo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source