Mysterious lives of sharks and rays revealed
Scientists have unlocked the mysteries of how shark and ray species move up and down the ocean water column, in efforts to better understand them and protect their future. […]
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An eye in the sky: monitoring animal colonies using drones in the subantarctic
Read more of: An eye in the sky: monitoring animal colonies using drones in the subantarcticScientists have conducted the first population study of penguins, seals and albatross using Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones on the subantarctic South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands to […]
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Krill provide a highway for ocean carbon storage
Read more of: Krill provide a highway for ocean carbon storageLarge krill swarms in the Southern Ocean could help remove additional carbon from the atmosphere, in a way that is currently ‘hidden’ in global models. Scientists knew that the carbon-rich […]
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Scientists discover new penguin colonies from space
Read more of: Scientists discover new penguin colonies from spaceA new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than was previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring […]
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Return of the whales to South Georgia
Read more of: Return of the whales to South GeorgiaA team led by British Antarctic Survey has just returned from the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, as the last of three expeditions to investigate the recovery of whales a […]
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Marine life recovery following the dinosaurs’ extinction
Read more of: Marine life recovery following the dinosaurs’ extinctionA new study shows how marine life around Antarctica returned after the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. A team led by British Antarctic Survey studied just under 3000 […]
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Antarctic species in the face of a changing ocean
Read more of: Antarctic species in the face of a changing oceanA new study reveals how marine life around Antarctica will fare in an ocean which has declining levels of oxygen. Writing in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society […]
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Fishing hotspots show where sub-Antarctic seabirds at risk
Read more of: Fishing hotspots show where sub-Antarctic seabirds at riskA new study highlights that sub-Antarctic seabirds are most at risk from unsustainable fishing during the southern hemisphere winter and in the south Atlantic and Southwest Indian Oceans. The link […]
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New study looks at risk to Antarctic marine life in future
Read more of: New study looks at risk to Antarctic marine life in futureA new study of the animals living in polar oceans reveals which are most at risk from climate change. The study is published today (17 January) in Frontiers in Marine […]
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Watching whales from space
Read more of: Watching whales from spaceScientists have used detailed high-resolution satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies’ DigitalGlobe, to detect, count and describe four different species of whales. Reported this week in the journal Marine Mammal […]
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Study of penguin colonies at Antarctic island shows decline
Read more of: Study of penguin colonies at Antarctic island shows declineResults from a 21-year study into the breeding success of gentoo penguins at a well-known tourist site in Antarctica, reveal a 25% reduction in breeding pairs and a decrease of […]
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Gentoo Penguin Tracking
Read more of: Gentoo Penguin TrackingThis project tracked 16 gentoo penguins using satellite transmitters to examine overlaps in the distribution of penguin foraging and krill catches, and the dependence of penguins on krill for food during winter.
