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Areas in and around the Antarctic Peninsula are becoming greening, including Cuverville Island.
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New dataset map tracks life on Antarctica’s ice-free zones

January 30, 2025

Scientists now have a new tool to track Antarctica’s changing biodiversity. Still a fragile ecosystem, global warming is seeing vegetation rapidly expanding on the Antarctic Peninsula. Though famous as a perennially frozen landmass, much of […]

A lone Gentoo Penguin on Booth Island, to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Life lurks beneath frozen Antarctic lake

December 2, 2024

Unique lifeforms have been discovered thriving in a continuously frozen lake in remote Antarctica, shedding new light on where and how life on Earth can survive. An entire ecosystem has been discovered thriving deep beneath […]

A cruise ship in Antarctica
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Antarctic tourism boom challenges conservationists and regulators alike

January 18, 2024

Tourism’s final frontier is getting more popular by the year, raising concerns about environmental impacts in the absence of any strong managing authority. Antarctica is considered international territory by treaty, though some nations claim parts […]

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