Science Learning Hub logo
TopicsConceptsCitizen scienceTeacher PLDGlossary
Sign in
Image

Air temperature table

Antarctica air temperature table/graphs from December 2012.

Light intensity (red), moss temperature (blue) and air temperature (green), 14–24 December 2012.

This data shows that, late each day, the temperature of the mosses falls rapidly as the light intensity (PPFD) declines, but stops once the mosses reach freezing point. The plants stay at that temperature all ‘night’ until the sun rises higher in the sky next morning.

Glossary

Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
Published: 21 June 2007Size: 74.77 KB
Referencing Hub media

Explore related content

Appears inRelated resources
Life in the freezer

Article

Life in the freezer

Many people are surprised to hear that vegetation – mainly mosses and lichens – manages to grow on the Antarctica ...

Read more
Plants on ice

Article

Plants on ice

The coldest, driest, windiest continent on Earth – Antarctica – seems an unlikely place to find plants. But they’re there ...

Read more
Life in the freezer

Article

Life in the freezer

Many people are surprised to hear that vegetation – mainly mosses and lichens – manages to grow on the Antarctica ...

Read more
Gloved hand holding a 30 cm ice core outside in Antartica.

Activity

Investigating the relationship between measured brightness and length of ice cores

Tiny organisms – phytoplankton/microalgae – are the primary producers of food webs in the Antarctic. Microalgae photosynthesise, just like plants ...

Read more

See our newsletters here.

NewsEventsAboutContact usPrivacyCopyrightHelp

The Science Learning Hub Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao is funded through the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Science in Society Initiative.

Science Learning Hub Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao © 2007-2025 The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato