Global warming is threatening the ecosystems of Antarctica, the world's last great wilderness, according to an Australian ecotoxicologist. As the world warms up, Antarctic animals are becoming more susceptible to chemical pollutants such as heavy metals, she claims.
Sabine Duquesne of the University of Queensland removed marine creatures from around Casey Station, an abandoned research laboratory on Brown Bay, and carried out toxicity tests in a refrigerated aquarium in Brisbane. She found that the animals become more sensitive to pollutants as the temperature of the water rises and salinity decreases - exactly what is likely to happen around the Antarctic coastline as …
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