The zooplankton team has set sail and are ready to get to Antarctica!! Virginia Institute of Marine Science Meredith Nolan Andrew Corso

The decline in Antarctic sea ice extent has been unusually rapid this year. At the end of December, Antarctic sea ice extent was the lowest in the satellite record. Sea ice extent was more than 500,000 sq km (193,000 sq mi) below the previous record. nsidc.org/arcticseaicene…

It’s rare that I get to see zooplankton predation in action, but last month I photographed some beautiful Cape petrels (aka flying oreos) munching on Antarctic krill! Palmer LTER US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) WWF Antarctica

No changes - #Antarctic sea ice still continues its record decline More figures at zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-…. All of the individual regional seas are observing unusually low ice.

The submersible is accompanied by other underwater robots as it heads off into the cold, dark underbelly of the Thwaites Glacier. trib.al/aUVwlYM

The mouth of an Arctic lamprey 📷 Randy Brown, USFWS

Baby porcupines are born with soft quills to protect the mother during the birthing process. these only take a few days harden which gives them their sharpness, they are modified hairs made out of keratin x.com/buitengebieden…

Frozen memories: rare Antarctic expedition images – in pictures theguardian.com/artanddesign/g…

Our latest study on the effects of low-frequency sound from offshore wind turbines on the behavior of cod larvae at sea. New research performed with cutting-edge technology. nature.com/articles/s4200… Havforskningsinstituttet European Marine Board ICES Howard I. Browman (also now @hbrowman.bsky.social) Caroline Durif Offshore Norge

One of the highlights of William & Mary graduation was seeing Andrew Corso of Virginia Institute of Marine Science receive the Thatcher Prize. bit.ly/45EBpXD His work was our cover story in last summer's World Minded. Bravo, Andrew! issuu.com/wmglobal/docs/…

My graphic showing cumulative change in the mass of reference glaciers around the world has been updated now with 2022's data. The trajectory is clear. Graphic available at: zacklabe.com/climate-change…. More info: wgms.ch/global-glacier….

You’ve heard about Antarctic sea ice lows - well, here’s the consequences. Over 9,000 emperor penguin chicks from colonies in the Bellingshausen Sea are thought to have died in November 2022. The sea ice they lived on broke up early, before they'd developed waterproof feathers.

I don't think there is a human on planet earth who knows what this means for life on Earth in 2024 ... ...but I will tell you that on the 1-100 f&%kery scale, the Antarctic ice deficit today scores 117.

Great job Andrew Corso sharing your cool research from sea ice to scallops to our marine science program University of New England. It was a big hit!

Why do #fish swim in #schools? A🧵and new hypothesis. Schooling could help fish avoid predators, navigate, communicate, find mates and food, and save energy. Here we propose and test a new hypothesis: tinyurl.com/yc764d74

New species of Antarctic dragonfish discovered by Batten School graduate Andrew Corso. Named Akarotaxis gouldae to honor ARSV Laurence M. Gould. Visit the link to learn more! ow.ly/Vrp750Temmw 📸: Andrew Corso and Kharis Shrage

In "Laurence M. Gould"'s nets, a new species of fish. Ten years after the research vessels took samples, a study of the collected items now reveals a new dragon-fish. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Virginia Institute of Marine Science Oregon State University Yale University #Antarctic #Fish polarjournal.ch/en/2024/09/05/…

#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝐴𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑎𝑒, a NewSpecies of Antarctic #dragonfish ( #Bathydraconidae) from the western #Antarctic Peninsula. Named in honour of the recently decommissioned Antarctic research supply vessel Laurence M. Gould. 🔓 mapress.com/zt/article/vie…

Scientists Discover Peculiar New Species of Dragonfish in Antarctica | scitechdaily.com/scientists-dis…

#NSFfunded researchers from William & Mary discovered a new species of Antarctic fish — the Akarotaxis gouldae, or the banded dragonfish — in waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula. Learn more at bit.ly/3z40zne 📷: NSF