The Arctic's "Last Ice Area" (LIA)—a vital habitat for ice-dependent species—might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer, which is expected to occur ...

for organisms that depend on ice. “For people concerned about habitats, it’s not that you will sometimes have the summer ice off the coast of Siberia and sometimes have the ice in the Beaufort ...

The Arctic’s “Last Ice Area” (LIA), a critical habitat for animals that depend on sea ice, could vanish within a decade after ...

UNSW researchers unveil a new map and classification system that will help protect the unique plants and animals of Earth’s most remote and fragile continent.

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 59, No. 1 (2014), pp. 17-36 (20 pages) Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) were sampled in contrasting habitats: a seasonally ice-covered deep ocean (Lazarev Sea), ice ...

However, scientists say that this strategy won’t work if sea ice habitat across an entire region is affected. Emperor penguin populations have never been subject to large scale hunting ...