Cancelling Antarctic climate research will damage Australia’s reputation, experts say
by Henry Belot from World news | The Guardian on (#6DEYA)
Exclusive: Lawyers and environmentalists warn international community is watching carefully amid science, logistics and influence race'
Australia's international reputation and diplomatic influence will be damaged unless the federal government intervenes to ensure crucial climate change research in Antarctica is not cancelled, international lawyers and environmentalists have warned.
The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, is also facing political pressure from the Greens and the Coalition, which have both raised concerns about plans to cancel or heavily restrict studies of record low sea ice, ice shelves and declining penguin populations due to a budget crunch.
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