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Emperor penguins now a threatened species due to climate change, U.S. says

Antarctica’s emperor penguin is at risk of extinction due to rising global temperatures and sea ice loss, the U.S. government said Tuesday as it finalized protections for the animal under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

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Emperor penguins listed as endangered by US because of climate crisis

Birds featured in March of the Penguins film face almost complete annihilation by end of century as Antarctic sea ice is lost

The Guardian - US

Russia and China must ‘get on side with conservation’, US tells Antarctic commission meeting in Hobart

US assistant secretary of state says two countries have stopped creation of new protected areas in Antarctica ‘for too long’

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Strong Antarctic polar vortex adds to south-east Australian rainfall and flood risk, BOM says

Winds high above Antarctica spinning at 200km/h are adding to south-east Australia's flood risk, according to the BOM. It's deepening the risk of rainfall that's already elevated by La Niña and the Indian Ocean Dipole.

ABC News

Texas importer sues government in fish feud at end of world

A small Texas seafood importer has sued the federal government for blocking a shipment of fish from protected waters near Antarctica

The Independent UK

Diary of youngest member of Scott's Antarctic voyage published 55 years after his death

Legend says young Clarence Hare's dog helped him survive two days in an Antarctic blizzard 120 years ago. Now you can read Hare's diary.

ABC News

East Antarctic glacier melting at 70.8bn tonnes a year due to warm sea water

Denman glacier in remote part of the continent could become unstable, possibly contributing to more sea level rise than predicted

The Guardian - AU

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Ozone hole grows this year, but still shrinking in general

The ozone hole over Antarctica got bigger this year, which is unusual

The Independent UK

Australian scientists observe ‘rapid’ decline in Adélie penguin numbers off Antarctic coast

Ecologists believe population decline near Mawson research station is related to environmental changes that made foraging difficult

The Guardian - AU

Freeze frame: how the Antarctic’s hidden jewel box of creatures was captured

Wildlife Photographer of the Year’s portfolio award goes to Laurent Ballesta, who describes his long and deep dives under the ice

The Guardian - UK

Women in Antarctica face assault and harassment – and a legacy of exclusion and mistreatment

A federal report that, in the words of its key finding, “sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking are problems in the U.S. Antarctic Program community” – and that efforts “dedicated to prevention [are] nearly absent” – drew attention around the world. But as a historian of Antarctic science, I did…

The Conversation

Four British women to run post office and count penguins in Antarctica

They will spend 5 months in isolation without running water or flushing toilet

Evening Standard

Newlywed leaves husband behind to work alongside penguins on Antarctic 'solo-honeymoon'

Natalie Corbett, from Hampshire, married her husband George in June but is now preparing to spend the next five months in the freezing temperatures of Port Lockroy, on Goudier Island

Daily Mirror

Scottish woman heading to Antarctica to run post office and count penguins

A SCOTTISH woman will be amongst those heading to a distant part of Antarctica to run the world’s most remote post office and count the island’s…

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The Guardian - UK

Four women chosen to run Antarctic outpost and count penguins

Four British women picked from 6,000 applicants to spend five months counting penguins on Goudier Island

The Independent UK

Four women head to Antarctica to run world’s most remote post office

Team including newlywed will abandon home comforts for no running water or flushing toilet

Wales Online

Four women selected to run world’s most remote post office in Antarctica

The historic site of Port Lockroy, on Goudier Island, will be their home for five months

The Independent UK

Women working at Australia’s Antarctica camps were sexually harassed, report finds

‘Women have to work in the field with their abusers for weeks at a time’

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Antarctic bases pledge overhaul after report exposes unsafe workplace for women

A new report into the AAD has unveiled the challenging reality many face working on a remote Antarctic base.

AAP

Antarctic workers allege sexual harassment

Female expeditioners on Australia's Antarctic research stations have experienced a predatory and objectifying culture.

ABC News

Antarctic expeditioners complain of 'predatory', widespread sexual harassment as minister, division urge change

A review reveals disturbing reports of a widespread culture of sexual harassment at Australian Antarctic stations, including women being too afraid to disclose their periods for fear of retribution.

The Conversation

Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier: the melting monster of sea level rise – The Conversation Weekly podcast transcript

This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode: Thwaites Glacier: the melting, Antarctic monster of sea level rise, published on September 22, 2022.

The Conversation

Thwaites Glacier: the melting, Antarctic monster of sea level rise – podcast

This episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast is about the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. Thwaites is among the largest glaciers on Earth and one of the single most important factors for future global sea level rise. We talk to three experts about what makes Thwaites so uniquely significant, why it’s…

The Guardian - AU

Antarctic researchers gain insights from on high as they count seals from space

Scientists used satellite images and more than 300,000 volunteers to count Weddell seals, a key Southern Ocean indicator species

The Conversation

Scientists are divining the future of Earth’s ice-covered oceans at their harsh fringes

One of the harshest and most dynamic regions on Earth is the marginal ice zone – the place where ocean waves meet sea ice, which is formed by freezing of the ocean’s surface.

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