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New report warns Antarctica is approaching a climate change tipping point. Four marine protected areas would protect 26% of the Southern Ocean. Antarctica and its surrounding Southern Ocean are experiencing […]
Antarctica likely a carbon storage powerhouse. Antarctica is probably storing much more carbon than previously thought, according to NIWA. Two rare surveys were conducted by the National Institute of Water […]
Youth for Antarctica: Kids rally in Helsinki for Greater Protection of Penguins and their Home On June 1st, to mark World Children’s Day, children, activists, and Antarctic experts will gather in […]
Chilean Bárbara Hernández achieves the longest swimming: A call to save Antarctica. On Monday the Chilean ice-water swimmer, Bárbara Hernández, made history by being the first person to swim 2.5 […]
Chilean swimmer Bárbara Hernández will perform the longest swim in Antarctica’s waters in the name of Antarctic ocean protection. The Chilean ice-water swimmer, Bárbara Hernández, is currently on an expedition […]
Two countries ignore scale of biodiversity crisis by thwarting progress needed to protect Antarctica’s ocean. The international body responsible for safeguarding Antarctica’s waters finished its annual meeting with a mixed […]
MPAS in Antarctica should include young emperor penguins, scientists say. Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and European research institutions are calling for better protections for juvenile emperor […]
World’s largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica. Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, a research team has found the world’s largest fish […]
Another missed opportunity to protect Antarctica. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) – the body responsible for Antarctic marine conservation – concluded its 40th annual […]
Pressure on world leaders to protect Antarctica is at an all time high 1.5 million people called on world leaders to grasp an immediate opportunity to protect the future of […]
EU leads efforts to designate new large-scale Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica. On 29 September, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, hosted a ministerial meeting to build further support […]
President Macron accepts petition urging protection of Antarctica’s waters. During a boat trip organized on the first day of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille, Antarctica2020 members Pascal Lamy […]
Pamela Anderson joins the fight to protect Antarctica’s waters. The campaign focused on increasing the protection of Antarctica’s waters received a huge boost with the announcement that actor and activist […]
New Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica. EU takes lead in international effort to establish new Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica. Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius hosted a […]
Norway’s Institute of Marine Research brand new icebreaker research vessel is embarking upon a marine research expedition to Antarctica The researchers will study the whole marine ecosystem, focusing particularly on […]
WWF calls for moratorium on krill fishing after negotiations fail to protect Antarctica’s superheroes. Leaders have failed to come to an agreement on critical fisheries management measures to protect krill, […]
CCAMLR talks end without consensus, despite nations standing firm for Antarctic protection. After two weeks of negotiations in Hobart, the 44th annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of […]
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR-44) will hold its annual meeting in Hobart, Australia, from 20–31 October 2025. Experts from the Antarctic and Southern Ocean […]
Tiny ocean migrants play a massive role in Southern Ocean carbon storage… but it’s different to how we thought! A groundbreaking study published in Limnology and Oceanography reveals that small but mighty […]
Krill Science Hub launches: 20 years of Antarctic research accessible. Krill Science Hub launches as a platform for peer-reviewed and published studies on the Antarctic ecosystem, making essential scientific research accessible […]
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