• Ocean

Proposed MPAs in Antarctica Would Bring World Closer to 30×30 Goal

• #30x30
• Antarctica
• CCAMLR
• krill
• marine protected area
• Southern Ocean

An alliance of conservation groups has combined forces to advocate at the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), which manages the ocean around Antarctica, in favor of creating at its virtual meeting this year a trio of marine protected areas (MPAs) covering 1.5 million square miles, or 1% of the world’s ocean. 

Why this Matters:  The Southern Ocean is vital in regulating the world’s climate — its “conveyer belt” of currents keep Antarctica cold while keeping the rest of the world warm.

• Ocean

One Big Gulp Thing: Watch Out Sea Lion!

• California
• humpback whale
• krill
• sea lion
• wildlife

Off the coast of California on July 22nd, a wildlife photographer Chase Dekker caught a rare moment on film — a humpback whale coming up and “encountering” a sea lion that had been feasting on anchovies.  Talk about wrong place, wrong time!  Dekker shared his incredible photo with The Washington Post and they asked Ari Friedlaender, […]

• Animals

One cool thing: satellite poop images help scientists monitor Adélie penguin diets

• Adélie penguins
• Antarctica
• Casey Youngflesh
• fish
• krill
• penguins

What’s the best way to track remote colonies of Adélie penguins and figure out what they’re eating? Monitor their poop using satellites. Landsat satellite images have been used to monitor the Earth since 1970 and while they have been able to tell scientists how many penguins make up a colony by tracking the size of penguin poop stains, […]