Our colleagues have published a paper on the human pressures on the Antarctic ecosystems!
"Antarctica and the Southern Ocean comprise a critical part of the Earth
System. Their environments are better understood than ever before, yet
the region remains poorly considered among international agreements to
improve the state of the global environment. In part the situation owes
to isolated regional regulation within the Antarctic Treaty System, and
in part to the dated notion that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are
well conserved and relatively free from human impact. Here we review
growth in knowledge of Antarctic environments and anthropogenic
pressures on them. We show that the region's unusual diversity is facing
substantial local and globally mediated anthropogenic pressure, on a
par with environments globally. Antarctic environmental management and
regulation is being challenged to keep pace with the change. Much
benefit can be derived from consideration of Antarctic environmental and
resource management in the context of global agreements".
Link: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-environ-101718-033236
