How seabirds navigate across thousands of miles of seemingly featureless ocean is one of nature's mysteries.
Plants & Animals
Nov 26, 2021
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Night setting; bird scaring lines; weighted branchlines that sink rapidly; covering fish offal and bait on board so it doesn't attract seabirds to the boats; deck lights kept at the minimum level, and discards not thrown ...
Ecology
Mar 11, 2015
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Nitrogen in ocean waters fuels the growth of two tiny but toxic phytoplankton species that are harmful to marine life and human health, warns a new study published in the Journal of Phycology.
Environment
Feb 6, 2013
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A new study by scientists from the University of Tasmania, CSIRO and the University of South Australia is the first to find a relationship between plastic debris ingested by seabirds and liver concentrations of mineral metals, ...
Ecology
Oct 23, 2020
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When European settlers began arriving to eastern North America in the 16th century, they were met by staggering numbers of seabirds.
Ecology
Dec 8, 2020
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Effective 21st-century warfare requires the ability to conduct airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike mobile targets anywhere, around the clock. Current technologies, however, have their limitations. ...
Engineering
Mar 4, 2013
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A collaborative research team led by Queen's University biologists has found that potent metals like mercury and lead, ingested by Arctic seabirds feeding in the ocean, end up in the sediment of polar ponds.
Environment
May 25, 2010
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The two seabird species unique to Hawaii, Newell's Shearwaters and Hawaiian Petrels, are the focus of major conservation efforts—at risk from habitat degradation, invasive predators, and other threats, their populations ...
Ecology
Jan 22, 2019
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Plastic pollution has the potential to cause the worst damage to seabirds in the seas around Aotearoa New Zealand, where many of them come to feed and breed.
Environment
Jul 18, 2018
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A new analysis of seven years of bird sightings by volunteer birdwatchers from the Seattle Audubon Society has found positive trends in several Puget Sound seabird species that had been in historic decline.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2015
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