Environmental conditions fostering marine communities around Antarctica differ fundamentally from those in the rest of the world's oceans, particularly in terms of pronounced climatic fluctuations and extreme cold. Here, we argue that the rarity of pelagic larval stages in Antarctic marine benthic invertebrate species is a consequence of evolutionary temperature adaptation and that this has gre...

Isotope stratigraphy of the Lapa Formation, São Francisco Basin, Brazil: Implications for Late Neoproterozoic glacial events in South America Karem Azmy a,∗, Alan J. Kaufman b, Aroldo Misi c, Tolentino Flávio de Oliveira d a Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld A1B 3X5, Canada b Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, US...

The southern hemisphere at glacial terminations: insights from the Dome C ice core R. Röthlisberger, M. Mudelsee, M. Bigler, M. de Angelis, H. Fischer, M. Hansson, F. Lambert, V. Masson-Delmotte, L. Sime, R. Udisti, and E. W. Wolff British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK Climate Risk Analysis, Hannover, Germany Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen...

This paper presents a geomorphological map of the Hérens valley in the Western Swiss Alps. With an area of 270 km and altitudes ranging from 470 to 4357 m a.s.l., this valley is one of the main secondary catchments of the Upper Rhône valley. The high differences in altitudes, combined with a varied geology, create an important geomorphic diversity. The main processes active in mountain areas, t...

The Patagonian Icefields are among the highest latitude and most sensitive icefields in the Southern Hemisphere, and are responding sensitively to climate. Their response to rapid climate changes during the Last Termination and during Holocene palaeoclimatic fluctuations has the potential to elucidate changes in large scale atmospheric circulation as well as aid better predictions of their futu...

Several properties within the eastern Eyre Mountains are currently undergoing tenure revue. This report provides geological information relevant to these reviews, particularly on the sequence of glacial deposits south from Kingston. The geology of the Eyre Mountains is dominated by low-grade metasedimentary rocks of the Permian Caples terrane, becoming increasingly schistose toward the northeas...