Nov 26, 2015 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
The Arctic is warming at a rate of almost twice the global average. Remote responses to the warmer Arctic on surrounding continents have been observed in the last decade and have become the focus of climate studies. Scientists observe that cold events and other...
Nov 24, 2015 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
The El Niño / Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is Earth’s largest interannual climate signal, with an impact on weather, ecosystems, societies and economies. ENSO modulation is thus one of the hottest topics in tropical climate study. Since its beginnings, the...
Nov 22, 2015 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
In a world of increasingly variable climate, the Australian outback has long been known for its climatic extremes with its ‘droughts and flooding rains’. In this vast inland region of the Australian continent, rainfall is not only low – on average – but also highly...
Oct 26, 2015 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The website of the World Working Group on Birds of Prey (WWGBP) presents some of the results of satellite telemetry studies. Using Argos satellite tags, studies of 15 different bird of prey species have been conducted since 1992, in Germany and abroad. Thebirds are...
Sep 8, 2015 | Fish, Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Basking sharks are prevalent in the North Atlantic waters, off the coast of Scotland. While it is rarer to spot a basking shark in the Irish Sea, sightings have been reported off the Isle of Man. This is why a new partnership between Sea Life Blackpool and Manx...
Sep 2, 2015 | Goniometer, News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
A glider deployed in the Coral Sea in May 2015 by the IMOS (Australia) developed technical problems, most likely due to a faulty memory card. The glider was recovered in September 2015, thanks the RXG-134. “ The gonio finder was quite helpful and was used for the...
