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Animals are migrating to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Animals are migrating to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The oceanic soup of plastic fragments is becoming a new kind of ecosystem.
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New warnings over rapid melting at Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’

Scientists have issued new warnings over a glacier in Antarctica that is described as "the doomsday glacier" because its collapse could lead to rapid sea-level rise.

The iciest waters around Antarctica are less icy
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The iciest waters around Antarctica are less icy

An unusual combination of events caused the Weddell Sea to lose more sea ice than in recent years.
Boaty McBoatface is helping us understand rising sea levels
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Boaty McBoatface is helping us understand rising sea levels

The information the sub is gathering has yet to be incorporated into climate change models.
An Emperor Penguin colony in Antarctica vanishes
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An Emperor Penguin colony in Antarctica vanishes

A colony in Halley Bay lost more than 10,000 chicks in 2016 and hasn't recovered.

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