Antarctic has seen widespread change in last 50 years, moss study reveals
Thursday, May 18, 2017 - 13:31
in Earth & Climate
In 2013, researchers studying mosses and microbes growing at the southern end of the Antarctic Peninsula documented unprecedented ecological change over the last 50 years, driven by warming temperatures. Now, the same research group has confirmed that those striking changes in the Antarctic are widespread, occurring all across the Peninsula.