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Looming Antarctic Krill Crisis As Fishing industry Grows
02.09.2010
Nature reports that Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), one of the Earth’s largest sources of protein, has come under stress as the rapid growth in krill fishing has been added to climate change as an extra threat to crustaceans. Whilst fish farms worldwide are increasingly depending on krill to feed fish,…
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Scientists to Study Seal Predation Habits in the Dark of the Antarctic Polar Night
31.08.2010
Scientists Randall Davis, Lee Fuiman, Terrie Williams and a team of researchers from Texas A & M University are heading to Antarctica in an effort to find out how Weddell seals behave and survive during the long polar night in Antarctica when there is little light available under the ice…
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Study of Sea-bed Colonies of Bryozoans Suggest Evidence for Trans-Antarctic Seaway
31.08.2010
Within the framework of a study for the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML), scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) had a look at sea-bed colonies of bryozoans. Analyzing these colonies, which stretch from coastal to deep-sea regions around Antarctica, the team found similarities in different species of bryozoans separated…
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Tortoises and Alligators Once Thrived in the Arctic, New Study Shows
25.08.2010
The results of a new study conducted on Ellesmere Island well above the Arctic Circle, suggest that ancient alligators and giant tortoises were able to thrive on the island despite six months of darkness per year. The new study, which was published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, looked at…
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Study Shows Hungry Polar Bears a Threat to Barnacle Geese in Svalbard
23.08.2010
Having just returned from a Svalbard expedition, a Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) scientists confirmed that stranded polar bears are devastating breeding barnacle goose populations in the summer months while looking for food. According to their research, as the Arctic sea ice diminishes, polar bears, especially on the west coast…
