Antarctic fjords are climate-sensitive hotspots of diversity in a rapidly warming region
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 17:01
in Earth & Climate
Deep inside the dramatic subpolar fjords of Antarctica, researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa have discovered an unexpected abundance and diversity at the seafloor. During a recent expedition, UH scientists for the first time studied the seafloor communities of glacier dominated fjords along the west Antarctic Peninsula, a region undergoing very rapid climate warming.