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Bird Flu Causes Mass Deaths In Fur And Elephant Seal Populations Near Antarctica

Just last week, authorities confirmed that a polar bear in Alaska died after contracting bird flu.

International Business Times UK

‘Catastrophic’: bird flu reaches Antarctic for the first time

As the first known cases of H5N1 are detected in the region, scientists fear for the isolated penguin and seal populations that have never been exposed

The Guardian - UK

Climate change is starving seals

Krill populations are plummeting due to warming waters, which leaves fur seals without meals

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The extinction threat to emperor penguins caused by climate change

Thousands of emperor penguin chicks are thought to have died across Antarctica last year as a result of a “catastrophic breeding failure”.

The Week

Satellites reveal catastrophic year for emperor penguins amid climate crisis in Antarctica (photos)

Satellite images reveal mass destruction of emperor penguin colonies in climate change-stricken Antarctica as sea ice melts underneath the birds' feet.

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'It's tough out there.'

Newcastle Herald

Surprise! GPS satellites threatened more by mild solar storms than monster sun flares

Mild solar storms can cause more serious problems to GPS satellites than once-in-a-century events, a new study has found.

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Scone man has sub-Antarctic islands named after him at presentation by Sir David Attenborough

When Mike Gloistein from Perthshire announced he planned to retire, he never guessed Sir David Attenborough himself would present him with a certificate and map showing islands near Orkney were being named in his honour.

Daily Record

Marine heatwaves ‘catastrophic’ for ocean life, say scientists

We should not expect the current high temperatures in the North Sea to leave wildlife unscathed, experts warned

Evening Standard

‘The impact we have is vast’: scientists look to clean up Antarctica

Waste disposed of in the ocean, abundant microplastics and wildlife exposed to oil – the ‘pristine’ continent of ice has a trash problem

The Guardian - US

‘I still can’t handle the big ones’: the new wave of spider hunters scouring Britain’s heaths

Having already discovered the presumed extinct great fox-spider, Mike Waite goes hunting on MoD land armed with a pair of his wife’s tights, an old medicine syringe and plastic cups

The Guardian - UK

New emperor penguin colony in Antarctica discovered from space

The British Antarctic Survey said this new colony brings the number of emperor penguin breeding sites around the coastline of Antarctica to 66

Wales Online

Walrus detectives and the Year of the Tiger: WWF’s key moments of 2022

This reflection on key moments reveals 2022 as a year of environmental highs and lows, many of which will continue to resonate in the year ahead

The Guardian - UK

Man who lives on one of world's most remote islands gets food delivered by boat

There are no official residents on South Georgia where James Sinclair, 27, lives for six-month stints in which he runs the post office, officiates weddings and monitors the fishing waters

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Amateur astronomers from Coimbatore are at India’s first Dark Sky Reserve in Hanle, Ladakh to document the night sky

Amateur astronomers from across the country, including cities such as Coimbatore and Bengaluru, are taking part in the first stargazing trip to Hanle, Ladakh — India’s first Dark Sky Reserve

The Hindu

These tourists like to gaze at the sky

Western Ghats in Karnataka and the Himalayan range are the favourite spots of stargazers

The Guardian - UK

Peter Tilbrook obituary

Other lives: Zoologist and nature conservationist who introduced the first peatland management scheme in Scotland

Reason

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Allows Preliminary Injunction Against Repeating Material Found Likely Libelous,

cutting back on what seemed like a categorical prohibition on anti-libel injunctions from a 1978 Pennsylvania Supreme Court case.

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British Antarctic Territory to hold its first same-sex wedding

Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter, who work on RRS Sir David Attenborough, hope to tie the knot on Monday

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