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AndronETalksNews
France 24
October 24, 2023
Scientists had been fearing that the worst outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in history would reach Antarctica, a key breeding ground for many birds.
The British Antarctic Survey said its staff took samples from brown skua seabirds after they died on Bird Island in South Georgia, a British overseas territory east of South America’s tip and north of Antarctica’s main landmass.
The tests were sent to Britain and came back positive, the UK’s polar research institute said in a statement on Monday.
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