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Southern Ocean

since 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 22:08 UTC

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18 days ago

Antarctic whales’ remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing ⊕

found 2026 › Mar › 27 (Fri) @ 07:04 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Huge industrial trawlers are competing for krill – the main food source for whales – in the Southern Ocean, removing vital nutrients from the ecosystem

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62 days ago

Climate crisis linked to fall in southern right whale birth rates as researchers raise ‘warning signal’ ⊖

found 2026 › Feb › 11 (Wed) @ 10:36 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Lead author of Australian study says breeding slowdown is linked to climate-driven changes in ‘magnificent’ whale’s foraging grounds

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5 months ago

Kenya’s growing towns are leaving elephants with nowhere to go ○

found 2025 › Oct › 31 (Fri) @ 07:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

In this week’s newsletter: As settlements expand across northern Kenya, people and elephants are increasingly clashing over land, food and water

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Carnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Ocean ○

found 2025 › Oct › 29 (Wed) @ 13:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Researchers previously took first confirmed footage of a juvenile colossal squid in scarcely explored habitat

A carnivorous “death ball” sponge is among 30 previously unknown deep-sea species found by…

The Southern Ocean is building up a colossal 'burp' that could reignite global warming, scientists warn ○

found 2025 › Oct › 27 (Mon) @ 11:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The ocean around Antarctica is building up a colossal 'burp' that could trigger an increase in global temperatures, experts have warned.

7 months ago

Scientists capture first ever footage of rare Antarctic squid 7,000 feet deep in the Southern Ocean ○

found 2025 › Aug › 25 (Mon) @ 09:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

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This is the first time that this blood-red, hook-tentacled Antarctic gonate squid has ever been seen alive in its natural habitat.

8 months ago

Crumbling shells, melting ice – and a wildlife boom: what recreating Scott’s Antarctic trip reveals about our seas today ○

found 2025 › Aug › 07 (Thu) @ 08:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

A new polar expedition compared samples with those collected more than a century ago by by Scott, along with voyages led by Shackleton and Borchgrevink

Three glass specimen jars full of satsuma-sized …

13 months ago

‘A dream experiment’: our Australian icebreaker is on a crucial mission to Antarctica | Nathan Bindoff ○

found 2025 › Mar › 07 (Fri) @ 06:52 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

As an oceanographer, I’m excited about the prospect of getting ocean, ice and climate data from a region where few observations have been collected

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15 months ago

World's biggest iceberg is on the move: Huge TRILLION-tonne 'megaberg' twice the size of Greater London has broken free - and is now drifting in the Southern Ocean ○

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 17:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Experts from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have confirmed that A23a has finally broken free from its position north of the South Orkney Islands.

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