Liberals and Greens team up to back inquiry into axed Antarctic climate science projects

Exclusive: Partnership means Senate will investigate $25m budget shortfall that has affected dozens of crucial programs

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The Senate will investigate the Australian Antarctic Division’s plan to cut dozens of crucial climate science projects due to a budget crunch, as revealed by the Guardian earlier this month.

Leaked internal documents revealed the affected programs included studies of record low sea ice, rapidly declining penguin populations due to ecological change and a program that cleans up damage caused by human activity, including oil spills.

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