Antarctic krill, which congregates in large schools, is the keystone species of the ecosystem of the Southern Ocean, and is an important food organism for whales, seals, leopard seals, fur seals, squid, icefish, penguins, albatrosses and many ...
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TSUNAMI EARTHQUAKE FLOODING PREDICTION – SOUTHERN OCEANS PACIFIC ATLANTIC INDIAN ISLANDS. April 3, 2012. tags: Significant Wave Height with Wave Direction South Oceans Pacific Atlantic 25 feet 40 feet waves 3 apr ...
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When the current braked, warm water began to build up in the southern Atlantic, where it swiftly started to warm up Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Warming the south in turn shifted the wind and melted sea ice, releasing ...
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A Hawaiian student looks at the plastic items found in stomaches of albatrosses, ingested from the Pacific ocean. Interesting video from BBC show...
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards (RT @quakemonitor: #earthquake M 5.1, southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Depth: 10.50 km Apr 11 6:44:41 2012 BST http://t.co/pqBVhQ0B...)...
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Over the course of the week I've seen many hundreds of Adélie and emperor penguins, dozens of Weddell and leopard seals, Antarctic skuas, and a surprisingly large number of whales including minkes, orcas, and fins.
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Scientists recently reconstructed the first model of the prehistoric Kairuku penguin, a species of penguin discovered 30 years ago, but not put back together until now. The Kairuku was over 5 feet tall, had slender hands, and ...
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National Science Foundation- (NSF) funded researchers have successfully tested equipment to map the hidden distribution of groundwater and ice in the McMurdo Dry Valleys region for the first time in Antarctica.
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Native berries for Mid-Atlantic wildlife survivalYork Daily RecordMost prefer moist soils in part shade to sun and range from six feet for acerifolium and rafinesqueanum to nearly forty feet for rufidulum, which native to the southern piedmont.
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This is a wonderful time-lapse by Anthony and Christine Powell of the offloading of a supply ship at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Worth watching full screen. Amazing logistics in a very harsh environment.
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Two men broke three world recorlds on a kite skiing trip across Antarctica, cheeky recipes from a vegan cookbook, microfarms pop up in NYC, and more.
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Brilliant videos - Gallic humour, superbly presented and with a REAL message.
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"When Antarctica Was Green: Fossil Plants Reveal Antarctica's Climate. On a continent on which over 99% of the land is now covered with ice sheets, paradoxically some of the most common fossils are those of plants.
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Scientists count only 6 calves off southern Atlantic coastWJXT JacksonvilleResearchers are reporting a disappointingly sparse calving season for endangered right whales off the southern Atlantic coast.
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CBC.caShake It Off: Earth's Wobble May Have Ended Ice AgeNPRThe conveyer belt is how scientists describe the huge, underwater loop-the-loop that water does in the Atlantic: Cold Arctic water sinks and moves south while warm water in the southern...
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Paul Nicklen describes his most amazing experience as a National Geographic photographer - coming face-to-face with one of Antarctica's most vicious predators.
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Amazon.com: Albatrosses Petrels & Shearwaters/World (Helm Field Guides) (9780713643329): Paul Schofield: Books (Britney Spears Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World (Helm Field Guides): Famous for their size and ...)...
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Everyone from Sir Francis Drake, for whom the windy passage is named, to Captain Bligh, who fought into the winds for 100 days before giving in, turning around and sailing to Tahiti the long way, no one in their right mind has ...
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National Science Foundation (press release)First-ever Use of Airborne Resistivity System in Antarctica Allows Researchers ...National Science Foundation (press release)National Science Foundation- (NSF) funded researchers have successfully tested...
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Coldest, Deepest Ocean Water Mysteriously Disappearsmsnbc.comThe coldest deep ocean water that flows around Antarctica in the Southern Ocean has been mysteriously disappearing at a high rate over the last few decades, scientists have found.
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msnbc.comA forecast — from 3 million-year-old rocksmsnbc.comThe height of ancient sea level indicates Greenland and the western part of Antarctica had no ice sheets, and the massive ice sheet covering East Antarctica, the "big elephant in the room,"...
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Climate change will affect phytoplankton growth and with it krill's food sustainability. Krill's habitat is a low temperature one, with sea water around 0°C, a rise in sea temperature will affect spawning, reproduction, egg mortality ...
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Students travel to Antarctica to experience pristine continentMSU State NewsBy Andrew Krietz | Originally Published: 6 hours ago |Modified: 6 hours ago | In December 2011, a group of MSU study abroad students on an expedition in Antarctica found...
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It is a preview for a full documentary of an expedition that went to Antarctica back in 2009, where the team of explorers snowboarded, climbed, and BASE jumped from an impressive looking rock tower. ExWeb has a short ...
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Audubon Magazine (blog)Home-Field Advantage Helps Penguins in Warming AntarcticLiveScience.comAs the Antarctic Peninsula warms, penguins that live in the area year-round have a breeding advantage over birds that migrate in.
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