Diversity and Effect of Increasing Temperature on the Activity of Methanotrophs in Sediments of Fildes Peninsula Freshwater Lakes, King George Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Roldán, Diego M., Carrizo, Daniel, Sánchez-García, Laura, Menes, Rodolfo Javier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.822552; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.822552/full

Global warming has a strong impact on polar regions. Particularly, the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands have experienced a marked warming trend in the past 50 years. Therefore, higher methane (CH 4 ) emissions from this area could be expected in the future. Since mitigation of these emissions...