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Montevideo, November 5th 2024 - 06:57 UTC

Tag: ocean life

  • Tuesday, January 22nd 2019 - 09:45 UTC

    Albatrosses ‘Bird-borne’ radar project to enhance UK Overseas Territories environment

    One of the successful schemes will see albatrosses and petrels benefit from further research using ‘bird-borne’ radar devices

    Seventeen innovative new projects will receive UK Government funding through the Darwin Plus initiative, to help protect and enhance the environment in the UK Overseas Territories. The seventh round of funding under the initiative, worth around £3.75m, will be shared amongst 17 projects around the globe. The funding will support international nature and help to achieve many of the commitments in the UK Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan.

  • Tuesday, January 22nd 2019 - 08:50 UTC

    Krill retreating towards Antarctica because of climate change

    Krill are small, shrimp-like creatures that swarm in vast numbers and form a major part of the diets of whales, penguins, seabirds, seals and fish

    A keystone prey species in the Southern Ocean is retreating towards the Antarctic because of climate change. Krill are small, shrimp-like creatures that swarm in vast numbers and form a major part of the diets of whales, penguins, seabirds, seals and fish. Scientists say warming conditions in recent decades have led to the krill contracting pole-ward.