Avian influenza has killed millions of seabirds around the world: Antarctica could be next
- Written by: Hanne E F Nielsen, Senior lecturer, University of Tasmania
Antarctica is often imagined as the last untouched wilderness. Unfortunately, avian influenza (“bird flu”) is encroaching on the icy continent. The virus has already reached the sub-Antarctic islands between the Antarctic Peninsula and South America. It’s only a matter of time before it reaches the Antarctic continent.
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