Antarctica

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Experts worry over South Pole’s ecological stability

Written on:March 6, 2024

A team of geologists and environmentalists from five continents have warned that Antarctica faces conservation threats from an unlikely source –non-indigenous seeds and plants brought by visitors to the polar continent in the far south. With the threat of global warming looming large over the frozen land, the risk to its ecology lies in unintentional introduction of plant groups that belong to other parts of the globe, says a report…

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