News tagged with: antarctic
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![Research vessel JOIDES Resolution surrounded by sea ice as it approaches Antarctica's eastern Ross Sea (Credit: Jenny Gales)]()
Past climate change to blame for Antarctica’s giant underwater landslides
University of Plymouth news: An international team of researchers, led by Lecturer in Hydrography and Ocean Exploration Dr Jenny Gales, has discovered the cause of giant underwater landslides in Antarctica.
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![Researchers in Plymouth will look for evidence of mass wasting that could potentially trigger tsunamis in the south Atlantic]()
Scientists use Navy data to assess the stability of underwater volcanoes
University of Plymouth news: Our researchers are using data gathered by the Royal Navy to assess the threat of potentially devastating tsunamis caused by underwater volcanoes on the fringe of Antarctica
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![The Antarctic spiny plunderfish (Harpagifer
antarcticus). Credit: Lloyd Peck, British Antarctic Survey]()
Life in the freezer – study provides first evidence of growth limitations in Antarctic fish
New research by scientists at the University of Plymouth and the British Antarctic Survey shows have lost their ability to grow at rates seen in their warmer water cousins
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![A leopard seal hunting in the Antarctic (Credit James Robbins)]()
Film crews capture first evidence of leopard seals sharing food
James Robbins, a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Plymouth, has led a new study which showed up to 36 seals feeding at the same king penguin colony in South Georgia
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![The Adelie penguin colony at Edmonson Point (Credit Silvia Olmastroni)]()
Scientists complete first assessment of blood abnormalities in Antarctic penguin colony
Scientists from the University of Plymouth have contributed to the first study of immune and genetic stability among a colony of penguins living in a remote corner of southern Antarctica
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![Professor John Spicer collecting intertidal amphipods from South Cove (photo credit: Simon Morley)]()
The complex fate of Antarctic species in the face of a changing climate
Scientists from the the University of Plymouth and the British Antarctic Survey present support for the theory that marine invertebrates with larger body size are generally more sensitive to reductions in oxygen
