{"id":339068,"date":"2024-08-09T16:44:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T14:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=339068"},"modified":"2024-08-09T16:44:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T14:44:51","slug":"new-study-a-crustacean-that-swam-in-antarctic-lakes-during-the-last-2000-years-cannot-do-so-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=339068","title":{"rendered":"New Study: A Crustacean That Swam In Antarctic Lakes During The Last 2000 Years Cannot Do So Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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crustacean known as the Stone Mountain fairy shrimp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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From NoTricksZone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Kenneth Richard<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday there is no evidence that\u00a0B. Gaini<\/em>\u00a0lives in permanently frozen lakes.\u201d \u2013 Roman et al., 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to a new study (Roman et al., 2024<\/a><\/strong>), fairy shrimp Branchinecta gaini<\/em> occupied the Antarctic Peninsula\u2019s seasonally ice-free Monolithic Lake throughout much of the last 2000 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were \u201clonger ice-free periods during the Antarctic summer through the last 2000 years\u201d compared to the modern period. This Antarctic warmth and enhanced biological activity \u2013 which is also evident during the Mid-Holocene (7000 to 2,500 years ago) \u2013 coincided with what has come to be known as the \u201cgreening of Antarctica.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequent to these warmer periods, crustaceans like fairy shrimp were able to swim in Antarctic lakes. Their numbers have historically been reduced or eliminated only during cooling periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today there are no Branchinecta<\/em> gaini<\/em> occupying Monolithic Lake. It is permanent ice year-round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image Source:\u00a0Roman et al., 2024<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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According to a new study (Roman et al., 2024), fairy shrimp\u00a0Branchinecta gaini\u00a0occupied the Antarctic Peninsula\u2019s seasonally ice-free Monolithic Lake throughout much of the last 2000 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":339074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818326,691830056,691830057,691821524],"class_list":{"0":"post-339068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-antarctica","9":"tag-branchinecta-gaini","10":"tag-lake-sediments","11":"tag-mid-holocene","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0-crustacean-known-as-the-Stone-Mountain-fairy-shrimp.jpeg?fit=2517%2C1783&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1qcQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":378294,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=378294","url_meta":{"origin":339068,"position":0},"title":"Antarctic Elephant Seal Breeding Site Affirms There Was Far Less Sea Ice During Medieval, Roman Periods","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"05\/14\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"DNA evidence suggests the limit of Antarctic Sea ice was ~2000 kilometers farther south than it is today 2500 to 1000 years ago.","rel":"","context":"In \"Antarctic sea ice\"","block_context":{"text":"Antarctic sea ice","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=antarctic-sea-ice"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0videoblocks-495z_p4p_v_000529_0003_rqwa7uqt2h_thumbnail-1080_01.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0videoblocks-495z_p4p_v_000529_0003_rqwa7uqt2h_thumbnail-1080_01.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0videoblocks-495z_p4p_v_000529_0003_rqwa7uqt2h_thumbnail-1080_01.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0videoblocks-495z_p4p_v_000529_0003_rqwa7uqt2h_thumbnail-1080_01.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0videoblocks-495z_p4p_v_000529_0003_rqwa7uqt2h_thumbnail-1080_01.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":247956,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=247956","url_meta":{"origin":339068,"position":1},"title":"New Study: Roman And Medieval Warm Periods Were 2.8\u00b0C Warmer Than 1970-2000 In Central China","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/16\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A series of paleoclimate lake reconstructions across China in recent years have failed to support the global-scale warming narrative.","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","block_context":{"text":"With 1 comment","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=247956#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-521.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-521.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-521.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-521.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-521.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":318547,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=318547","url_meta":{"origin":339068,"position":2},"title":"Antarctica Is Colder, Icier Now Than Any Time In 5000 Years. 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