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Oden
Tuesday, February 8th 2011 - 17:36 UTC

Shell crushing king crabs move into Antarctica Peninsula warming waters

Sven Thatje, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Southampton chief scientist on the cruise

Warming waters along the Antarctic Peninsula have opened the door to shell-crushing king crabs that threaten a unique ecosystem on the seafloor, according to new research by a US-Sweden team of marine researchers.

Tuesday, December 14th 2010 - 17:12 UTC

US/Swedish expedition to explore Amundsen Sea ecology and potential ‘polynyas’

The US ‘Nathaniel B. Palmer’

In a complex example of “science diplomacy,” teams of U.S. and Swedish scientists are sailing this month aboard two research vessels to study the ecology of the Amundsen Sea, one of the least-explored and most productive bodies in Antarctic waters, and to gauge the potential effects of a changing climate on the Southern Ocean.

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