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The Latest Breaking News from Antarctic

Scientists confirm first cases of bird flu on mainland Antarctica

Fears for penguin colonies after the discovery of the highly contagious H5N1 virus in two dead skuas

The Guardian - UK

Antarctica sea ice reaches alarming low for third year in a row

The extent of ice floating around the continent has contracted to below 2m sq km for three years in a row, indicating an ‘abrupt critical transition’

The Guardian - AU

Scientists Uncover Mystery Of Giant Antarctic Sea Spider Reproduction

Discover the groundbreaking study on the reproductive behavior of giant Antarctic sea spiders, unraveling a long-standing mystery in marine biology.

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“We had a song called Sitting With A Duck On A Bay, and a song with the title Duck’s End. We thought, ‘Are we writing an album with a story here?’” The Aristocrats’ new record is many things, but it’s not The Wall

Cartoon duck takes on malevolent police penguin on an Antarctic island in the trio’s concept outing – which is also their hardest-hitting work to date

Louder

Experience: I sort the post in Antarctica

I have the nicest commute. I pass seals on an iceberg and penguins

The Guardian - UK

Studying The Otherworldly Sounds In Antarctic Waters

In freezing Antarctic waters, amid bobbing chunks of floating ice, the hums, pitches and echoes of life in the deep are helping scientists understand the behavior and movements of marine mammals.

International Business Times

Antarctica's past — and future — melt

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet once shrank by 450 meters. Climate change is repeating history

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California-size Antarctic ice sheet once thought stable may actually be at tipping point for collapse

Researchers have discovered the base of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, which holds enough ice to raise sea levels by as much as 10 feet, may already be partially thawed.

LiveScience

Scientists Study Levels Of Toxic Mercury In Antarctic Seals, Whales

A gunshot interrupts the peaceful sleep of a leopard seal, lying nonchalantly on a small piece of ice floating in the shadow of an Antarctic glacier.

International Business Times

How do you stop a glacier from melting? Simple – put up an underwater curtain

A 100km-long curtain moored to the Amundsen Sea bed in Antarctica could prevent catastrophic flooding elsewhere, say scientists

The Guardian - UK

‘Quite a surprise’: king penguin swims thousands of kilometres to find itself on South Australian beach

The bird, usually found on subantarctic islands, believed to be undergoing annual moulting on land at Coorong beach

The Guardian - AU

First penguins die in Antarctic of deadly H5N1 bird flu strain

With confirmed or suspected cases in two Antarctic penguin species, researchers fear highly contagious virus could rip through colonies

The Guardian - UK

Morning Mail: fresh warning over Antarctic melt; gas move before new cost-of living relief; De Minaur out of Open

Australia is not prepared for how ice changes could pummel its economy, a leading scientist says

The Guardian - AU

Labour MP stirred by disappearing Antarctic ice and her father’s legacy

Anna McMorrin says Labour ‘absolutely determined’ on net zero after visiting Antarctica and finding report by her father, a polar researcher

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Australia not prepared for how Antarctic ice changes will hit economy, scientist warns

Exclusive: Prof Matt King says accelerated melting could transform country and affect viability of some agricultural industries

Advnture

Australian woman runs record-breaking 1,300km Antarctica ultramarathon

Donna Urquhart takes 26 days to break the endurance record in some of the harshest conditions on Earth

The Conversation

Antarctica is the only continent without a permanent human population, but it has inspired a wealth of imaginative literature

When I was working on my book Antarctica in Fiction, friends and colleagues would joke about what an easy task I had taken on. How many writers would choose to set a novel in a continent with no permanent human population? Surely a dozen or so books would cover it.

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British Army officer becomes fastest woman to ski across Antarctica

British Army medical officer, Captain Harpreet Chandi, becomes fastest woman to ski solo across Antarctica, inspiring others to step outside their comfort ...

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Woman sets new world speed ski record to reach South Pole

Preet Chandi is a day quicker for solo and unsupported Antarctic crossing

The Conversation

A heatwave in Antarctica totally blew the minds of scientists. They set out to decipher it – and here are the results

Climate scientists don’t like surprises. It means our deep understanding of how the climate works isn’t quite as complete as we need. But unfortunately, as climate change worsens, surprises and unprecedented events keep happening.

AAP

Giant seals make for fussy eaters at Antarctic buffet

Researchers from the University of NSW have found male elephant seals are somewhat selective eaters, posing implications for their adaptability.

The Guardian - UK

Polar bear dies from bird flu as H5N1 spreads across globe

Current outbreak, which started in 2021, is estimated to have killed millions of wild birds and thousands of mammals globally

The Guardian - AU

Red alert in Antarctica: the year rapid, dramatic change hit climate scientists like a ‘punch in the guts’

Study after study showed the breakdown of climate systems taking place much earlier than foreseen, with potentially catastrophic results

The Independent UK

British soldier ‘Polar Preet’ claims record for fastest woman to ski alone across Antarctica

Captain Harpreet Chandi already broke two Guinness World Records for polar exploration last year but now claims she has a third

The Conversation

Four good news climate stories from 2023

We don’t want to give you the wrong idea: things are bad. Antarctic ice sheets are melting, the fossil fuel lobby was everywhere at the COP talks, and even solutions like electric cars have their problems. And that just covers the past few weeks of this newsletter.

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