Krill are small crustaceans, the bedrock of many marine species across all the oceans and in the Antarctic. They are considered to be the key to the health of fish, whale populations and penguins in the Antarctic. Although the Chinese have resolutely denied it, James …
There was a time, about a hundred years ago, when the Antarctic fur seal barely escaped extinction because they were hunted for their pelts in their millions. Numbers rebounded as the hunting of fur seals declined but now, thanks to climate change, they are threatened …
Emperor penguins need ice on which to live. Emperor penguin colonies live on ice. They lay their eggs on ice and feed their chicks on ice. Scientists tell us that this vital element of the emperor penguin’s habitat is disappearing from parts of Antarctica which …
