Antarctica

New threat of extinction faces Antarctic fur seals

Climate change, Marine wildlife, seals / By MikeB / October 17, 2023

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 …

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Emperor penguins are disappearing with the Antartica ice

Ice is disappearing from Antarctica and so are the emperor penguins

Climate change, Conservation, Marine wildlife / By MikeB / August 25, 2023

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 …

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