Launching their draft declaration on 1 December, the traditional date for Antarctica Day, the group say they want to establish sweeping rights for the entire frozen continent, the Southern Ocean and its seabirds, seals, whales and other species.
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In a new study published in Communications Earth & Environment, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists report a significant likelihood that chicks in four out of five colonies in the region died off. This incident, confirmed by satellite images, represents the first-known mass breeding failu.
For decades, state officials, tourists, scientists and fisheries have noisily pushed into a sound-sensitive, ice-bound wilderness where some of Earth’s most endangered and iconic animals seek refuge. As the world’s polar vessels descend on the Southern Ocean for yet another summer of scientific.