Antarctic fur seal
The Antarctic fur seals’ remarkable homing instinct, which is thought to be the most accurate of any sea mammal, allows the creatures to return to within a single body length of the spot where they were born to give birth to their own pups.
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey believe that a deepsea ice ridge is behind it melting more rapidly.
An underwater ridge could explain why a major glacier in the Antarctic is melting more quickly than ever before, according to a new study.
Continue reading… “Antarctic Glacier Melting Due to Undersea Ice Ridge Rather Than Climate Change”
The Basket Star is a bloodless creature that weighs 11 pounds and lives for about 35 years
Amazing pictures of Southern Ocean marine life captured by scientists working in the Antarctic were released today. The inhabitants of the continent’s seas were captured as part of a study on biodiversity carried out by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
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Satellite images have picked up giant red-brown stains on the pristine white sea ice, indicating the presence of thousands of penguins.
It meant that researchers for the British Antarctic Survey were able to locate every colony on the continent for the first time ever.
Continue reading… “Tracking Penguins From Space”
A genetic study of a fish that lives in the icy waters off Antarctica sheds light on the adaptations that enable it to survive in one of the harshest environments on the planet…
Continue reading… “Antarctic ‘Antifreeze Fish’”
Following last summer’s record minimum ice cover in the Arctic, current observations from ESA’s Envisat satellite suggest that the extent of polar sea-ice may again shrink to a level very close to that of last year.
Continue reading… “Another All Time Low For Arctic Ice”
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Scientists have photographed a giant gas bubble emanating from a whale, suggesting that flatulence is just as common for ocean mammals as it is for humans and many other terrestrial animals.
Antarctic worms, sea spiders, urchins and other marine creatures living in near-shore shallow habitats are regularly pounded by icebergs. New data suggests this environment along the Antarctic Peninsula is going to get hit more frequently. This is due to an increase in the number of icebergs scouring the seabed as a result of shrinking winter sea ice. The results are published this week in the journal Science.
Continue reading… “Sea Creatures In Antarctic Pounded By Icebergs”
This is amazing: more than a mile below the surface of the Antarctic waters, scientists have discovered a world of huge worms, giant jellyfish, and spiders as big as dinner plates!
Continue reading… “Strange New Species in the Antarctic Deep Waters”
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