How does Antarctica, the coldest driest and most remote continent on earth come to be polluted industrial chemicals and pesticides likes DDT, PCBs or dioxins, some of which were already…
The good oil on krill
New research investigating the oils or ‘lipids’ in Antarctic krill will provide scientists and the krill fishing industry with improved tools for measuring the health of krill populations and their…
Household pollutants detected around Antarctic stations
Australian Antarctic stations are rethinking their operational practices after the discovery that common household pollutants are dispersing from Casey station into the local Antarctic environment. Research published in Environmental Science and…
Monitoring poisons without passports
The United Nations describes persistent organic pollutants as: … chemical substances that persist in the environment, bio-accumulate through the food web, and pose a risk of causing adverse effects to…