Antarctic krill trap vast amounts of carbon from the atmosphere in the ocean floor through their sinking fecal pellets, a new study reports. The annual amount is similar to that stored by “blue ...

Populations of the tiny crustacean - a key food source for whales and dolphins - have declined by 80% since 1970 due mainly ...

New research shows that increased levels of plastic pollution in the Southern Ocean could reduce the ability of Antarctic krill, a tiny shrimp-like crustacean, to help take CO 2 from the atmosphere.

But when researchers on board the research ship RRS James Clark Ross on a science mission near the sub-Antarctic island of ...

Rapid sea ice loss and ocean acidification from climate change are altering the growth and nutritional value of microscopic ...

Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification hinders the development of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, research published in Marine Frontiers reveals. Antarctic krill (Euphausia ...

New research reveals that rising levels of plastic pollution in the Southern Ocean could hinder the ability of Antarctic ...

A keystone prey species in the Southern Ocean is retreating towards the Antarctic because of climate change. Krill are small, shrimp-like creatures that swarm in vast numbers and form a major part ...