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The HFC challenge: Can the Montreal Protocol continue its winning streak?

Jane Palmer 5 May 2021

Reversing warming quickly could prevent worst climate change effects: Study

Claire Asher 28 Apr 2021

The nine boundaries humanity must respect to keep the planet habitable

Claire Asher 30 Mar 2021

From penguins to sharks to whales, swimming in circles is a surprisingly common trait

Basten Gokkon 26 Mar 2021

Oceans helped absorb our CFCs. They’re now going to emit them back out

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 Mar 2021

As Arctic sea ice hits annual maximum, concern grows over polar ice loss: Studies

Gloria Dickie 16 Mar 2021
Gentoo penguins watching an iceberg. Image credit: Mongabay

We’re approaching critical climate tipping points: Q&A with Tim Lenton

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jan 2021

Frustration as Antarctic conservation summit fails to declare marine sanctuaries

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 6 Nov 2020

Antarctic Ice Sheet is primed to pass irreversible climate thresholds: Researchers

Gloria Dickie 28 Oct 2020

‘No other choice’: Groups push to protect vast swaths of Antarctic seas

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Oct 2020

Game changer? Antarctic ice melt related to tropical weather shifts: Study

Gloria Dickie 1 Apr 2020

World is fast losing its cool: Polar regions in deep trouble, say scientists

Gloria Dickie 4 Dec 2019

Elephant seal native to Antarctica spotted for first time in tropical Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Nov 2019

Emperor penguins could disappear by 2100 if nations don’t cap emissions

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2019

As climate crisis deepens, wildlife adapts, maybe with lessons for us

Mongabay.com 20 Sep 2019
Portrait of Robert Swan, OBE. Courtesy of the 2041 Foundation.

Protecting Antarctica beyond 2041: an interview with polar explorer Robert Swan

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2019

Antarctic sea ice declining ‘precipitously’ since 2014, study finds

Mongabay.com 3 Jul 2019

Sponges supply DNA for new method of monitoring aquatic biodiversity

Lakshmi Supriya 26 Jun 2019

Penguin and seal poop powers life in Antarctica, study finds

Mongabay.com 14 May 2019

Large emperor penguin colony suffers ‘catastrophic’ breeding failure

Mongabay.com 26 Apr 2019

‘Like seeing a dinosaur’: Scientists locate mystery killer whales

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2019

Warmer waters shrink krill habitat around Antarctica

Mongabay.com 30 Jan 2019

Antarctica now shedding ice six times faster than in 1979

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2019

Top camera trapping stories of 2018

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 31 Dec 2018

Documenting emperor penguin populations, a dispatch from Antarctica

Mike Gaworecki 30 Oct 2018

Largest king penguin colony in the world has shrunk by 90%

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2018

Krill fishing companies pledge to protect key food of Antarctic animals

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jul 2018

Species evolve more than twice as fast at poles as in tropics: study

Gloria Dickie 12 Jul 2018

Citizen science makes easy work of penguin time-lapse image bounty

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 28 Jun 2018

Here’s how much Antarctica’s melting ice is already contributing to sea level rise

Mongabay.com 19 Jun 2018

South Georgia declared ‘rat-free’ in largest-ever rodent eradication program

Shreya Dasgupta 9 May 2018

Humpback whales near Antarctica making a comeback, study finds

Mongabay.com 8 May 2018

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