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Penguin

Hundreds of ancient mummified penguins found in Antarctic graveyard

5 September 2018

On a peninsula in east Antarctica there are hundreds of mummified Adélie penguins that died centuries ago, and it seems extreme weather was to blame
A coral reef

Warming seas kill coral - but some are beginning to resist the heat

31 August 2018

An experiment in 1970 found that coral bleach and die in warming waters. Now a repeat of the experiment suggests some corals are adapting to rising temperatures

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