Jan 6, 2016 | News, Wildlife Monitoring
Global warming in the Arctic means that ice fields are forming later and later in the year. Polar bears linger for longer on the coastlines. Their hunger pushes them to venture increasingly into Inuit villages, rummaging through dustbins, ravaging landfill sites,...
Dec 8, 2015 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Climate change will impact fishes in complex ways, from high-energy-demand species such as yellowfin tuna, to more sedentary animals such as tilapia. While the ability to predict these impacts is essential to adapting to climate-change, our current understanding of...
Dec 7, 2015 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Pacific leatherbacks, a species that is already in sharp decline due to development on nesting beaches, illegal egg harvesting and fisheries bycatch, may also be vulnerable to climate change. In a study lead by Ellen Willis-Norton, Argos tracking data collected from...
Dec 3, 2015 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
Argo float technology is recognized within the climate community as a huge step in the climate observing system, providing essential observations of the ocean down to 2000 metres. But over the past 15 years, what have these oceanographic robots really taught us about...
Dec 2, 2015 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
One of the consequences of climate change is that the intensity and frequency of severe weather events such as tropical cyclones is predicted to change into the future. Of particular concern to coastal communities in Queensland, Australia is that the intensity of...
Dec 1, 2015 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Predicting the impact of future environmental changes on biodiversity is today a major challenge for ecologists. This is particularly true in the polar regions, where climate change is faster and more severe than anywhere else on the planet. In an article originally...