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World Penguin Day
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World Penguin Day

Apr 25, 2018
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Celebrate World Penguin Day with this selection of penguin-related stories from Geographical
A caribou grazing in Alaska
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The bizarre case of Arctic ‘shrubification’

Mar 08, 2018
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Scientists discover how shrubs are dominating the Arctic tundra
The journey to the seafloor can indicate where there might be life. Creatures such as sea squirts are ‘suspension feeders’, and with sacs that look like blown glass, they catch phytoplankton as it passes
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Follow that phytoplankton: modelling the Antarctic

Feb 10, 2018
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The biodiversity of the Antarctic seafloor has been modelled for the first time
A fishing boat in the ice-filled waters off Greenland. The agreement bans commercial fishing in the disputed waters further north in the Arctic Ocean
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Frozen fishing: Arctic moratorium

Jan 27, 2018
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A multilateral moratorium prevents Arctic Ocean fishing for 16 years, setting aside some degree of sovereignty disputes while scientific research of the top of the world continues
Antarctica – End of the Earth
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Antarctica – End of the Earth

Sep 14, 2017
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New documentary travels to remote Antarctica to unpack the complex science behind climate change
The Killing Joke: the dangers of laughing gas
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The Killing Joke: the dangers of laughing gas

Aug 19, 2017
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Geographical’s regular look at the world of climate change. This month, Marco Magrini looks at the melting permafrost
Young ringed seal in Svalbard
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Arctic environment ‘on verge of major shift’

May 17, 2017
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Recent observations of Arctic flora and fauna indicate major changes to ecosystems in the area
Polar bear populations to decrease 30 per cent by 2050
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Polar bear populations to decrease 30 per cent by 2050

Jan 06, 2017
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The toll, as a response to melting sea ice, would result in 8,600 less individuals from an estimated population of 26,000
Greenland: an icy hothouse of change
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Greenland: an icy hothouse of change

Jan 02, 2017
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The ice in Greenland is rapidly melting, bringing about massive global alteration. But as Todd Pitock discovers, not everyone is unhappy about the changing climate
The Antarctic environment is well protected, but how long can it remain that way?
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Following Protocol: celebrating the Environmental Protocol

Oct 01, 2016
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This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty
The frozen ground of the Yamal Peninsula holds a deadly secret
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Death from below: how global warming is reawakening long-buried diseases

Aug 29, 2016
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As climate change increasingly melts ice and permafrost in the Earth’s most northern regions, deadly toxins – presumed buried forever – are returning to the surface
Iceberg on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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Ice loss

Jun 07, 2016
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David Sugden, Professor Emeritus of the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh, shares his concerns surrounding melting ice in Antarctica, particularly the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Might the northwest passage someday become a busy shipping lane?
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Melting Arctic enables new tourist routes

May 03, 2016
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Geographical’s regular look at the world of climate change. This month, Marco Magrini looks at the future of sea levels
Current favourites of the internet poll are RRS Boaty McBoatface and RRS Henry Worsley
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Public asked to name new research ship... with predictable results

Mar 21, 2016
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The UK’s new polar research ship needs a a name and it was deemed a bright idea to ask the public to come up with it. Cue the internet...
Slow boats to China
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Slow boats to China

Nov 07, 2015
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Despite 2015 seeing the fourth smallest Arctic ice cap ever recorded, aspirations of easily navigable trade through the Northwest Passage are to be put on ice for several decades
Tipping point
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Tipping point

Nov 04, 2015
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The long-term impact on Antarctica of burning the world’s remaining fossil fuel reserves is found to be strikingly dramatic
Jane Francis with penguins
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Britain’s Antarctic future

Jun 24, 2015
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Geographical talks to Jane Francis, director of the British Antarctic Survey, about the organisation’s future plans for exploration
An antarctic base, yesterday
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Europe expands polar operations

May 19, 2015
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Europe expands scientific and operational capabilities in polar regions with €2million programme
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