Last week’s CNN report on newly detected methane seeps beneath Antarctica underscores the urgency of sustained, field-based monitoring. From the atmosphere to the seafloor, the Antarctic system is shifting in measurable ways. Long-term, open datasets like Oceanites’ 30-year record of penguin population dynamics are critical for interpreting these changes and informing policy decisions across the Southern Ocean and beyond. We track environmental change where it starts, so the world can act faster