Sunday, October 18, 2020

All-female scientific coalition calls for marine protected area for Antarctica Peninsula

The Western Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest warming places on earth. It is also home to threatened humpback and minke whales, chinstrap, AdĂ©lie and gentoo penguin colonies, leopard seals, killer whales, seabirds like skuas and giant petrels, and krill—the bedrock of the Antarctic food chain.

source https://phys.org/news/2020-10-all-female-scientific-coalition-marine-area.html