Penguin colonies at risk amid Antarctica airport plans
Tuesday, 31 Dec, 2020
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Australia has drawn up plans to build an airport in Antarctica that will see petrel and penguin colonies disturbed and 115,000 tonnes of concrete replace a stretch of icy wilderness.
The project will increase the human footprint in the environmentally-fragile continent by an estimated 40%.
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