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Bird flu set to spread in Antarctic causing huge damage, report says
Bird flu is likely to spread further in the Antarctic region, causing immense damage to wildlife, according to experts on the highly contagious disease that has killed hundreds of millions of birds worldwide in recent years.
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Climate engineering could slow Antarctic ice loss, study says
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-climate-antarctic-ice-loss.html
#science #climate #climatechange #climateengineering #anarctica #earth #earthscience #environment #environmentalscience
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A leading marine biologist the industry once relied on to burnish its environmental credentials has since denounced krill fishing.
Helena Herr, who studies whales at the University of Hamburg, was invited in 2021 by Arata's group to serve on an advisory panel. She accepted with the hope that she could help mitigate the effects of krill fishing on the Antarctic ecosystem.
She resigned after a year, disgusted by what she viewed as the industry’s narrow focus on the buffer zones.
“The more I learned about the voluntary commitment and its review process, the more I perceived the voluntary commitment as a ‘green-washing’ initiative,” she said in a resignation letter to her fellow panel members, a copy of which she provided the AP, using a term that refers to businesses making inaccurate claims that its actions are friendly to the environment.
Today, she believes that krill fishing should be banned.@toddbohannon
@BrianPierce
#anarctica #krill #krillfisheryhttps://apnews.shorthandstories.com/antarctica-fishing-krill-whales/