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Penguin colonies at risk amid Antarctica airport plans

Thursday, 31 December 20203 min read
Penguin colonies at risk amid Antarctica airport plans

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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