image: Antarctica Sea ice represents an important habitat for polar organisms and is rapidly disappearing in the Arctic. Changes around Antarctica are less straightforward. Seen here is sea ice in front of an active volcano in Antarctica, Mount Erebus. This image relates to an article that appeared in the June 18, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg of the University of Queensland in St. Lucia, QLD, Australia, and colleagues, is titled, "The Impact of Climate Change on the World’s Marine Ecosystems." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland