Robert A. Massom

TL;DR: Over an 11-year time-series, this study examines how inter-annual variability in sea ice concentration and advance affect the foraging behaviour of a top Antarctic predator, the southern elephant seal.

TL;DR: In this paper, a bi-polar analysis resolves ice edge changes on space/time scales relevant for investigating seasonal ice ocean feedbacks and focuses on spatio-temporal changes in the timing of annual sea ice retreat and advance over 1979/======80 to 2010/11.

TL;DR: Current and expected changes in ASO physical habitats in response to climate change are reviewed, including how these changes may impact the autecology of marine biota: microbes, zooplankton, salps, Antarctic krill, fish, cephalopods, marine mammals, seabirds, and benthos.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present data collected during the past ten years, and review major findings such as differences in regional and seasonal snow properties and thicknesses; the unique consequences of snow on Antarctic pack ice relative to the Arctic (e.g. the importance of flooding and snow-ice formation); the potential impact if global change increases snowfall; lower observed values of snow thermal conductivity than those used in models; periodic large-scale melt in winter; and the contrast in summer melt in the Antarctic and Arctic.

TL;DR: Although Antarctic sea ice is undergoing a slight increase in overall extent, major regional changes are occurring in its spatio-temporal characteristics (most notably in sea ice seasonality) as mentioned in this paper.