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Americas 2 years ago
Antarctic scientists warn of bird flu spread as penguin cases confirmed
The spread of the virus, which has decimated bird populations worldwide and hit South American wild bird and marine mammal populations hard, has raised alarm about the potential impact on Antarctica's huge penguin colonies.
Europe 2 years ago
Antarctic sea ice hits lowest winter maximum on record: US data
As the southern hemisphere transitions into spring, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said in a statement that Antarctic sea ice had only reached a maximum size of 16.96 million square kilometers (6.55 million square miles) this year, on September 10.
Environment 5 years ago
Global ice sheets melting at 'worst-case' rates: UK scientists
A team from the universities of Edinburgh and Leeds and University College London said the rate at which ice is melting across the world's polar regions and mountains has increased markedly in the last three decades.
Environment 5 years ago
Antarctic Peninsula at warmest in decades: study
Between January and August, temperatures reached between 2 and 3 degrees Celsius (35.6 and 37.4 degrees Fahrenheit) on the peninsula, which is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica, according to researchers at the Chilean Air Force's Frei Base on King George Island.
Environment 5 years ago
Antarctic winds trigger rare snowfall across southeast Australia
Antarctic air reaching Australia's south east triggered snowfall down to low altitudes across several states on Saturday, with many people out enjoying the rare event despite wild winds and heavy snow that closed some roads.
Environment 5 years ago
Plastic 'has entered' Antarctic terrestrial food chain
Scientists have found bits of polystyrene in the guts of tiny, soil-dwelling organisms in the Antarctic, raising concern that microplastics pollution has already "deeply" entered the world's most remote land-based food systems.
