The South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: Lithostratigraphy and geological map by Joaquín Bastías, Joaquín Bastías, Joaquín Bastías, David Chew, Camila Villanueva, Teal Riley, Joseline Manfroi, Cristine Trevisan, Marcelo Leppe, Paula Castillo, Fernando Poblete, Dieter Tetzner, Gregory Giuliani, Bastián López, Hong Chen, Guang-Gao Zheng, Yue Zhao, Liang Gao, Anna Rauch, Ricardo Jaña

“…Over the last few decades, numerous geological studies have been carried out in the South Shetland Islands, which have greatly contributed to a better understanding of its geological evolution. …”
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The first record and description of females of the genus Acunemella Andrássy, 2002 (Nematoda, Nordiidae) from the South Shetland Islands by S. Susulovska, A. Susulovsky

“…In this article, mature females of the genus Acunemella are described for the first time based on morphology and morphometrics of specimens from Deception Island (South Shetland Islands). The current article is the first report of this genus from the Antarctic region. …”
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Large-scale and regional climatic influences on surface temperature and precipitation in the South Shetland Islands, northern Antarctic Peninsula by CHRISTIAN TORRES, DENIZ BOZKURT, JORGE ARIGONY-NETO

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Mercury and selenium levels in feathers of Southern Giant Petrels (Macronectes giganteus) from South Shetland Islands, Antarctica by Tailisi H. Trevizani, Fernanda I. Colabuono, Elisa S. Petersen, Maria V. Petry, Satie Taniguchi, Rosalinda C. Montone, Rubens C.L. Figueira

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A study of soil bacterial communities of fildes peninsula, King George Island (South Shetland Islands), Antarctica by Foong, Choon Pin

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Effect of Co-contamination by PAHs and Heavy Metals on Bacterial Communities of Diesel Contaminated Soils of South Shetland Islands, Antarctica by Alejandro Gran-Scheuch, Javiera Ramos-Zuñiga, Edwar Fuentes, Denisse Bravo, José M. Pérez-Donoso

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Active surveillance for influenza virus and coronavirus infection in Antarctic birds and mammals in environmental fecal samples, South Shetland Islands by FERNANDA GOMES, TATIANA PRADO, WIM DEGRAVE, LUCAS MOREIRA, MAITHÊ MAGALHÃES, HARRISON MAGDINIER, ROBERTO VILELA, MARILDA SIQUEIRA, MARTHA BRANDÃO, MARIA OGRZEWALSKA

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Geodetic Mass Balance of the South Shetland Islands Ice Caps, Antarctica, from Differencing TanDEM-X DEMs by Kaian Shahateet, Thorsten Seehaus, Francisco Navarro, Christian Sommer, Matthias Braun

“…Although the glaciers in the Antarctic periphery currently modestly contribute to sea level rise, their contribution is projected to increase substantially until the end of the 21st century. The South Shetland Islands (SSI), located to the north of the Antarctic Peninsula, are lacking a geodetic mass balance calculation for the entire archipelago. …”
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Geographic distribution of epilithic diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) in Antarctic lakes, South Shetland Islands, Maritime Antarctica Region by Juliana Ferreira da Silva, Maria Angélica Oliveira, Rodrigo Paidano Alves, Ana Paula Vestena Cassol, Raylane Ribeiro da Anunciação, Eduardo Pereira da Silva, Adriano Luis Schünemann, Antônio Batista Pereira

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Lack of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica, Early 2023 by Gabriela Muñoz, Vanessa Mendieta, Mauricio Ulloa, Belén Agüero, Cristian G. Torres, Lucas Kruger, Victor Neira

“…In January 2023, an active surveillance initiative was undertaken in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, with the specific objective of ascertaining evidence for the presence of avian influenza, and specifically the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 (HPAIV H5N1). …”
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Ice mass balance of the Bellingshausen ice cap in 2007–2012 (King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica) by B. R. Mavlyudov

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First record of insect-plant interaction in Late Cretaceous fossils from Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands Archipelago), Antarctica by EDILSON B. DOS SANTOS FILHO, ARTHUR S. BRUM, GEOVANE A. DE SOUZA, RODRIGO G. FIGUEIREDO, CRISTIAN D. USMA, JOÃO HENRIQUE Z. RICETTI, CRISTINE TREVISAN, MARCELO LEPPE, JULIANA M. SAYÃO, FLAVIANA J. LIMA, GUSTAVO R. OLIVEIRA, ALEXANDER W.A. KELLNER

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Analysis of Microbial Diversity in South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula Soils Based on Illumina High-Throughput Sequencing and Cultivation-Dependent Techniques by Siqi Cui, Jie Du, Lin Zhu, Di Xin, Yuhua Xin, Jianli Zhang

“…To assess the diversity of bacterial taxa in Antarctic soils and obtain novel microbial resources, 15 samples from 3 sampling sites (DIS5, GWS7, FPS10) of South Shetland Islands and 2 sampling sites (APS18, CIS17) of Antarctic Peninsula were collected. …”
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The impact of Holocene deglaciation and glacial dynamics on the landscapes and geomorphology of Potter Peninsula, King George Island (Isla 25 Mayo), NW Antarctic Peninsula by Pablo A. Heredia Barión, Pablo A. Heredia Barión, Pablo A. Heredia Barión, Jorge A. Strelin, Jorge A. Strelin, Stephen J. Roberts, Cornelia Spiegel, Lukas Wacker, Samuel Niedermann, Michael J. Bentley, Emma J. Pearson, Nadia T. Manograsso Czalbowski, Nadia T. Manograsso Czalbowski, Sarah J. Davies, Bernhard Schnetger, Martin Grosjean, Stephanie Arcusa, Bianca Perren, Emma P. Hocking, Gerhard Kuhn, Gerhard Kuhn

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Analysis of GNSS Time Series Recorded on South Shetland Island and Antarctic Peninsula during the Geodynamic Activity in 2020 of the Orca Underwater Volcano (Brandfield Sea Rift, Antarctica) by Belén Rosado, Alejandro Pérez-Peña, Paola Barba, Javier Ramírez-Zelaya, Enrique Carmona, Rosa Martín, Vanessa Jiménez, Jorge Gárate, Amós de Gil, Manuel Berrocoso

“…The region defined by the South Shetland Islands, Bransfield Sea, and Antarctic Peninsula has complex geodynamic activity resulting from the active subduction process of the Phoenix Plate under the Antarctic Plate. …”
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Surface Displacement of Hurd Rock Glacier from 1956 to 2019 from Historical Aerial Frames and Satellite Imagery (Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula) by Gonçalo Prates, Gonçalo Vieira

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Limno-terrestrial diatom flora in two stream valleys near Arctowski Station, King George Island, Antarctica by Noga, Teresa, Kochman-Kędziora, Natalia, Olech, Maria, Van de Vijver, Bart

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Records of vagrant and visitor bird species in the Fildes Region, King George Island, Maritime Antarctic, between 1980 and 2023 by C. Braun, H. Grämer, H.-U. Peter

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The use of sentinel-2 imagery to generate vegetations maps for the Northern Antarctic peninsula and offshore islands by ELIANA L. DA FONSECA, EDVAN C. DOS SANTOS, ANDERSON R. DE FIGUEIREDO, JEFFERSON C. SIMÕES

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Breeding Population and Nesting Habitat of Skuas in the Harmony Point Antarctic Specially Protected Area by Francisco Santa Cruz, Lucas Krüger

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