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Serenades Help Female Penguins Identify the Right Mate
14.07.2010
Every summer, when the time comes to breed and raise their chicks, Antarctic penguins gather on land. Males arrive first to claim their territory and build a nest, and when females arrive, males try to seduce them through what is better known as the Ecstatic Display Call (EDC). According to…
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New Study Suggests Hudson Bay Polar Bears Could Die Out in the Coming Decades
14.07.2010
Hudson Bay polar bears may be running out of time, a recent paper in Biological Conservation suggests. Basing themselves upon the extensive available data, researchers from the University of Alberta have tried to figure out how long before western Hudson Bay’s polar bears disappear. Comparing the data to projected sea…
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Arctic Global Seed Vault Welcomes New Seed Contribution
12.07.2010
A seven-person delegation from the US Congress led by Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, Democrat of Maryland, has delivered valuable varieties of New World chili peppers, hundreds of varieties of sorghum and other varieties of seeds to the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard. These samples of seeds come from the United…
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Ancient Hunters Could Have Started Anthropocene Earlier than Initially Thought
30.06.2010
A new study, accepted for publication in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, suggests that massive mammoth die-off could have resulted in an early contribution to global warming. The study by Chris Doughty, Adam Wolf, and Chris Field - all at the Carnegie Institution for Science - offers a possible scenario…
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Possibly Irreversible Ice-Free Conditions in Arctic as CO2 Levels Climb
30.06.2010
A new international study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder to be published in the journal Geology indicates that the Arctic climate system could be more sensitive to greenhouse warming than previously thought, and that current levels of atmospheric CO2 could be high enough to cause significant, irreversible…
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Preliminary Results of Non-lethal Whale Research Presented at IWC Meeting
29.06.2010
Australian Minister for Environment Protection Peter Garrett and New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully revealed the preliminary results of the non-lethal whale research undertaken in the Southern Ocean earlier this year. The preliminary report, which was presented at the International Whaling Commission meeting in Agadir (Morocco), features recordings of whale…
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New Submersibles to Change Fish Tracking Methods in Alaska
25.06.2010
The difficulties of tracking tagged fish across Alaska’s continental shelves might be a thing of the past as researchers at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks successfully tested a new type of underwater glider.
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“Sustainable” Label for Antarctic Krill Fishery Misleading, says Pew Environment Group
24.06.2010
The Pew Environment Group recently criticized the Marine Stewardship Council’s certification of Antarctic krill fisheries. The certification, they say, gives the false impression that the entire fishery for Antarctic krill is sustainable when in reality it is not.
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New Proposal at International Whaling Commission Eliminates Loopholes and Considers Quotas
23.06.2010
As key governments taking part in the 62nd Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) consider the meeting a “make-or-break time", the IWC chair Christian Maquiera and vice-chair Anthony Liverpool have put forward a new proposal. In an effort to resolve fundamental differences by the end of the week,…
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Warming Antarctic Peninsula Has Consequences for Marine Ecosystems
21.06.2010
The western edge of the Antarctic Peninsula has seen a 6°C rise in winter temperatures over the past 50 years, and the effects on marine ecosystems have been quite profound. A new study recently published in Science as part of the research being conducted at the US's Palmer Station under…
