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Penguins!

April 25 is #WorldPenguinDay which coincides with their winter migration to more nourishing waters. It's a chance to admire and protect these birds, whose habitat is under increasing threat.

Adélie penguins near the Dumont d'Urville base in Terre Adélie.

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This World Penguin Day is a reminder of just how precious and fragile they are, and coincides with the annual migration of Adélie penguins, who swim north for the winter in search of food. This is an opportunity to bring you a selection of reports on penguins, or simply superb photos taken by our scientists during their expeditions.

Here is a slideshow about Penguins and Changing Climate

On the occasion of the 2008 International Polar Year, the CNRS and the IPEV produced a series of podcasts dealing with polar researches. Because of the global warming, Arctic and Antarctic areas are today victims of the most rapid and spectacular changing in the whole history of our planet. What should we think about it? What do we really know? What must we urgently measure and understand? With the collaboration of Patrice Lanoy, a scientific journalist.

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