Polar Regions News Roundup W/C 29th January 2024

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29th January 2024

Scientists warn melting permafrost could unleash ancient ‘zombie viruses’

Scientists revive 48,500-year-old 'zombie virus' in frozen Siberia lake. The effects of disturbing millennia-old viruses could be ‘calamitous’, scientists warn

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Labour MP stirred by disappearing Antarctic ice and her father’s legacy

Anna McMorrin says Labour ‘absolutely determined’ on net zero after visiting Antarctica and finding report by her father, a polar researcher.

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How Russia is taking control of the Arctic – video

Controlling the Arctic has long been an ambition of Soviet and Russian leaders. And it's not hard to see why.

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Satellites used to spot new emperor penguin colonies in the Antarctic from space

British scientists are eager to map penguin colonies in the inhospitable and hard to access region as climate change threatens to melt their habitat.

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In pictures: Members of the Commando Helicopter Force learn to operate in the Arctic

British soldiers are learning how to survive and operate in the extreme cold as part of Operation Clockwork.

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Have you read our latest Polar Notes article? See below for the most recent publication on the APPG Polar Regions website.

Polar Note: Greetings from the South Pole...APPG Chairman, MP James Gray, documents his recent fact-finding mission to Antarctica

Welcome the start of our 2024 Polar Notes series: our fortnightly feature looking at a current polar issue or topic of conversation in more depth.  Our newest article, authored by APPG Chairman, James Gray MP, documents his recent fact-finding mission to Antarctica, in his capacity as Chairman of the Polar Regions Sub-Committee of Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee. He, and five other MPs from the Committee, travelled to Antarctica to better understand the challenges facing this icy continent, feeding into their ongoing Inquiry.

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