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The farm has grown to cover twice as much land as it did a decade ago

Farmers saw a 60 percent drop in profits during this season

Scientists should have protective Kevlar sleeves

Scientists should use a rigid handle for the bag to slip it over a seal's head from farther away

Being close to seals activates sense of mammalian kinship

Tags do not seem to bother animals

Environment changes rapidly around melting Thwaites Glacier

Tagging is risky work for scientist seal alike

Seal could drown if it slides into water before fully awake

Tags will stay on seals' heads until they molt next summer

Weddell seals are not threatened species but scientists have more to learn about animals' response to new conditions

Ms Cheon and Mr Chung spent weeks tagging Weddell seals on frozen sea around Thwaites Glacier

Each tag has weight dimensions of three smartphones 600 grams or 1.3 pounds with antenna

Seals can collect data in waters ships could never reach

Data is best source of information about ocean physics around Antarctica in winter

Antarctica's seals have no natural predators on ice so they are not inclined to fear ecologists

Needle goes in six centimeters long shot through blowpipe or injected by hand

Korea Polar Research Institute has rules for tagging to keep humans animals safe

Akazawa requested reduction in automobile tariffs during meetings in Washington with Howard Lutnick and Scott Bessent

A correction was made on Aug 8 2025 an earlier version of this article misstated the death toll in the Azerbaijan Airlines crash of December 2024