News tagged with weddel seals
NOAA scientists find killer whales in Antarctic waters prefer weddell seals over other prey
NOAA's Fisheries Service scientists studying the cooperative hunting behavior of killer whales in Antarctic waters observed the animals favoring one type of seal over all other available food sources, according ...
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Antarctic expedition studies survival strategies of Weddell seals
(PhysOrg.com) -- Eight years after her last major expedition to Antarctica, biologist Terrie Williams is back on the ice. This time, however, her team began the expedition during the Antarctic winter, the ...
Oct 06, 2009 |
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NOAA tracks winter journeys of seals and penguins in Antarctica
Scientists from NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center placed 61 satellite tags on fur seals, leopard seals, Weddell seals, chinstrap penguins and gentoo penguins that will allow researchers and the public to track the ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Arctic terns confirmed to have the longest animal migration in the world
(PhysOrg.com) -- New information on bird migration is revealed by an international team of scientists who have confirmed that the Arctic tern flies more than 70,000 km on its annual migration trip from pole ...
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Why diving marine mammals resist brain damage from low oxygen
No human can survive longer than a few minutes underwater, and even a well-trained Olympic swimmer needs frequent gulps of air. Our brains need a constant supply of oxygen, particularly during exercise.
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Dec 19, 2007 |
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Antarctic marine explorers reveal first biological changes after collapse of polar ice shelves
Once roofed by ice for millennia, a 10,000 square km portion of the Antarctic seabed represents a true frontier, one of Earth's most pristine marine ecosystems, made suddenly accessible to exploration by the ...
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Feb 25, 2007 |
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Lakes beneath Antarctic ice sheets found to initiate and sustain flow of ice to ocean
The Earth Institute at Columbia University—One of the planet's most remote and little-understood features may play a crucial role in transporting ice from the remote interior of Antarctica towards the surrounding ocean according ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 21, 2007 |
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New collision looks imminent for B-15A iceberg
The mammoth B-15A iceberg appears poised to strike another floating Antarctic ice feature, a month on from a passing blow that broke off the end of the Drygalski ice tongue. As this Envisat image reveals, ...
May 18, 2005 |
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