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Antarctica's penguin colony sends climate distress signal
The world's largest penguin colony has collapsed by two-thirds since 2011, signalling wider ecosystem breakdown driven by ocean warming.
Vox · 1m
Penguin Colony Loses Two-Thirds of Nests
Antarctic chinstrap penguins lost nearly two-thirds of nests since 2011 due to ocean warming.
MercoPress · 1m
Deep-sea drones will map 98 percent of oceans by 2028
New underwater floats can survive crushing depths to fill a critical gap in climate data collection.
Engadget · 1m
Coral's Invisible Lifeline Fails in Warming Seas
Tiny hairlike structures called cilia help corals breathe, but heat stress makes them malfunction in ways scientists are only now understanding.
WIRED · 4m
11.3 trillion tonnes of ice lost since the 1970s
Greenland and Antarctica have shed massive amounts of ice over 50 years, raising sea levels by 1.1 inches and putting millions at risk of coastal flooding.
Dailymail · 4m