Forty years of Brazilian Antarctic research: A tribute to Professor Antonio Carlos Rocha-Campos

First record of insect-plant interaction in Late Cretaceous fossils from Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands Archipelago), Antarctica

“…Nowadays, Antarctica is the most inhospitable and isolated continent, protected by the Antarctic Treaty (Santos 2021, Sampaio 2022), but not immune to anthropogenic influence (e.g., Schwanck et al 2022). Having about 98% of its surface covered by ice, scientific activity in this region sparks the imagination of the public (Kellner 2022) and is increasingly more diverse and complex (e.g., Simões et al 2022). However, during the Cretaceous, this continent experienced a much warmer environment, supporting temperate forests with floristic assemblages, thriving similar to the presentday ecosystems found in Chile, Australia, and New Zealand (Cantrill & Poole 2012).…”

The Cretaceous Neornithine record and new Vegaviidae specimens from the López de Bertodano Formation (Upper Maastrichthian) of Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula

“…Research in Antarctica has been increasing worldwide with constant investment and collaboration among researchers from different countries (e.g., Sampaio 2022), resulting in projects with increasing complexity (e.g., Simões et al 2022). Despite the several challenges to developing studies in this region, there has been a steady increase of scientific activity in the area (e.g., Kellner 2022, Santos et al 2022, which includes the search for fossil vertebrates (e.g., Reguero et al 2022), including extinct birds.…”

A new issue of the AABC focused on Antarctic research

“…Last year, the Annals of the Brazilian of Sciences (AABC), the sole broad multidisciplinary edited in Brazil, published a special issue on Antarctic research (Simões et al 2022). In total, there were 57 articles in different areas, ranging from the adaptation researchers in camping activities during fieldwork (Martins et al 2022), studies on the characteristics of Antarctic bacteria and their resistance to freezing (Moreira et al 2022), to the dynamics of greenhouse gas emissions (Ferrari et al 2022) and the consequences of global warming on iceberg melting rates (Barbat & Mata 2022).…”