Scientists on ‘high alert’ as bird flu threat looms over Australian Antarctic Territory
Antarctica’s Silent Threat: How Bird Flu Could Reshape the Frozen Continent The iconic image of Antarctica – bustling penguin colonies, slumbering seals, and soaring skuas – is facing a new, invisible threat. The highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza, already devastating bird populations globally, is edging closer to the eastern Antarctic coastline. While currently absent from … Read more