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AI can use tourist photos to help track Antarctica’s penguins

Scientists used AI to transform tourist photos into a 3D digital map of Antarctic penguin colonies – even as researchers debate whether to harness or discourage tourism in this remote region

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Striking image shows well-preserved wreck of Shackleton’s doomed ship

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Endurance THE DISCOVERY OF SHACKLETON'S LEGENDARY SHIP By John Shears and Nico Vincent

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Parts of Antarctica are turning green at an 'astounding' rate

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Plan to refreeze Arctic sea ice shows promise in first tests

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Plan to refreeze Arctic sea ice shows promise in first tests

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Antarctica’s 'doomsday' glacier is heading for catastrophic collapse

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Another extreme low for Antarctic sea ice signals a permanent shift

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New Scientist recommends a moving Antarctica memoir, Breaking the Ice

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New Scientist recommends a moving Antarctica memoir, Breaking the Ice

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The Antarctic’s polar vortex could be about to split in two

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Rising land under Antarctica could slow sea level rise

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Warm water seeping under Antarctic ice sheets may accelerate melting

As ice melts beneath Antarctica, warm ocean water can intrude further inland and set off more melting, in what researchers say is an unrecognised tipping point

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'Red alert' after key global warming records were smashed in 2023

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There are growing fears of an alarming shift in Antarctic sea ice

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Flightless terror birds stalked Antarctica after the dinosaurs' demise

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Rising greenhouse gases have cooling effect on Antarctica’s atmosphere

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