Dr Krystal Randall (@tinyclimates.bsky.social)

#AntarcticaDay #research publication 🥳 Today in GEB, fine-scale data and ultra-high res modelling show that tiny hills and valleys in moss beds create as much thermal variation as a mountain range, with implications for long term health, survival and heatwave impacts. doi.org/10.1111/geb....

loading . . .

Centimetre‐Scale Micro‐Topography Structures Biologically Relevant Microclimates in Antarctic Moss Beds Aim Polar and alpine plants live at the edge of their physiological limits. Thus, relatively small changes in climate can have disproportionate effects on biological and ecological processes. Antarc... https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70155