The Crabs Are Coming

We made this video in partnership with the Bik Lab at University of Georgia and the National Science Foundation. As the waters warm in the deep sea around Antarctica, ecosystem-crushing crabs are able to live closer and closer to the continent. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Continental shelf: the area of seabed around a large landmass where the sea is relatively shallow compared with the open ocean. - Invasive species: an organism that causes ecological or economic harm in a new environment where it is not native. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Virginia Schutte | Script Writer Kate Yoshida | Script Editor Cameron Duke | Narrator and Director Arcadi Garcia i Ruis | Illustration, Video Editing and Animation Nathaniel Schroeder | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Cameron Duke Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes Alex Reich • Henry Reich • Peter Reich Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** Aronson, Richard B., et al. “Prospects for the Return of Shell-Crushing Crabs to Antarctica.” Journal of Biogeography, vol. 42, no. 1, 6 Oct. 2014, pp. 1–7, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12414 Griffiths, Huw J., et al. “Antarctic Crabs: Invasion or Endurance?” PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 7, 3 July 2013, p. e66981, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066981 Thatje, Sven, et al. “CHALLENGING the COLD: CRABS RECONQUER the ANTARCTIC.” Ecology, vol. 86, no. 3, Mar. 2005, pp. 619–625, https://doi.org/10.1890/04-0620 “From Deep to Shallow Seas: Antarctic King Crab on the Move.” Ecology, vol. 101, no. 11, 23 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3125 Thatje, Sven, and Wolf E. Arntz. “Antarctic Reptant Decapods: More than a Myth?” Polar Biology, vol. 27, no. 4, 1 Mar. 2004, pp. 195–201, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-003-0583-z