Influence of prokaryotic microorganisms on initial soil formation along a glacier forefield on King George Island, maritime Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Patryk Krauze, Dirk Wagner, Sizhong Yang, Diogo Spinola, Peter Kühn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; King George Island; Ecology Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92205-z; https://doaj.org/article/b368335298194620850d744ea5b8eb5e

Abstract Compared to the 1970s, the edge of the Ecology Glacier on King George Island, maritime Antarctica, is positioned more than 500 m inwards, exposing a large area of new terrain to soil-forming processes and periglacial climate for more than 40 years. To gain information on the state of soil f...