Scientists recently discovered that plant life is taking over the Antarctic Peninsula, turning the edges of a once-barren ...

We have measured the pore size distribution, drying time and equilibrium RH as a function of the water content of samples from the Antarctic Beacon sandstone colonized with lichens. Based on these ...

This material was transferred to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on permanent loan. The collections contain lichens and lichenicolous fungi from around the world including Britain, Ireland, Antarctic ...

A study this week revealed that mosses and lichens that previously struggled to survive are now thriving, particularly along the Antarctic Peninsula – which extends towards South America.

Antarctic vegetation, dominated by mosses and lichens, has adapted to survive the harsh polar conditions and each type plays an important role in carbon and nutrient recycling on a local level ...