Dec 16, 2016 | Argos Forum, Birds, Fish, Land Animals, Marine Animals, Wildlife Monitoring
Argos telemetry plays a central role in protecting endangered and vulnerable species from all biomes – marine, terrestrial and avian. Satellite telemetry reveals key conservation parameters such as population connectivity, the location of critical habitats such...
Dec 12, 2016 | News
A new JTA Tariff Policy was voted in 2016 and will be applied for all JTA programs as of 2017. The new policy is based on time slots to ensure a more transparent, easier to understand invoice unit for users. A pricing policy based on time slots For billing purposes,...
Dec 6, 2016 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
In February 2016, Jean-Louis Lamy (from LAMY Marine Consulting) was tasked with recovering four subsurface moorings off Crozet Island, that had been deployed more than 13 years ago. The moorings, located at 400 meters below the sea surface, were equipped with Argos...
Nov 18, 2016 | Goniometer, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Rick Goetz (NOAA NWFSC) leased the Argos Goniometer in May 2016 in order to recover pop-up satellite tags (model: SeaTag-MOD from Desert Star Systems). Using the Argos Goniometer, Rick noted, “We got all the tags we went after….there were 4 tags in the...
Oct 5, 2016 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Copyright Thibault Powolny Based at the Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, in the Deux-Sèvres region of eastern France, the real field of investigation of these biologists is thousands of kilometers away from mainland France. In the French Southern and...
Sep 26, 2016 | Herding, News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology, Pollution, Smart Agriculture, Wildlife Monitoring
A new version of ArgosWeb is available as of September 26th with a lot of new features as well as your old favorites. To try it out, login! Features Responsive design (entirely compatible with smart phones and tablets) Entirely rebuilt mapping tool Improved data...
Sep 15, 2016 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
APECS (Association for the study and conservation of selachians) is a Brittany-based organization with a scientific and educational mission. It acts in favor of the conservation of sharks, rays and marine ecosystems using participatory science...
Sep 9, 2016 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Researchers from James Cook University fitted more than 10 tiger sharks and 10 green sea turtles with satellite tags at Raine Island over a five year period to better understand tiger shark movements. Know as the largest breeding in the world Raine Island hosts a...
Sep 2, 2016 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Beluga whales are very difficult to observe, which is why scientists from the University of Washington use Argos satellite tags to better understand their behavior and the environment in which they live. The team of scientists from UW first began fitting beluga...
Sep 2, 2016 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Like some other turtle species, Hawksbill sea turtle populations are in decline globally, due to illegal trading of turtle shells, hunting, bycatch in tuna fisheries, and habitat loss. Argos satellite telemetry is an important tool in studying marine turtles, as two...
Sep 1, 2016 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Over 6893 marine sea turtles have been tracked with Argos since the beginning of the Argos system over 30 years ago. Like some other turtle species, Hawksbill sea turtle populations are in decline globally, due to illegal trading of turtle shells, hunting, bycatch in...
Jun 28, 2016 | News, Wildlife Monitoring
The EO4Wildlife project aims to provide an intelligent platform for biologists, ecologists and ornithologists around the world that fuses European Sentinel Copernicus Earth Observation data with animal tracking from Argos. The project, which is still in its early...
Jun 26, 2016 | News, Wildlife Monitoring
Big data platform integrating Copernicus and Argos data The EO4Wildlife project aims to provide an intelligent platform for biologists, ecologists and ornithologists around the world that fuses European Sentinel Copernicus Earth Observation data with animal tracking...
Jun 24, 2016 | Argos Forum, Wildlife Monitoring
User program: Using Argos to identify important sites for flamingos in a rapidly changing landscapeUser program: Using Argos to track sooty falcons from Oman to MadagascarUser program: Marine turtles conservation and monitoring in Ras Laffan City and QatarProjects:...
May 12, 2016 | News, Wildlife Monitoring
During the seminar, you will: Meet other Argos users, and share your experiences, Learn about the Argos system and what’s new, Talk with Argos tag manufacturers. We hope you can join us. For more information, please contact us. ...
Mar 13, 2016 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The seminar was organized by Dr Hiroyoshi Higuchi in cooperation with CLS and Cubic-I. Japanese, Thai and Korean ornithologists presented their scientific results with Argos and CLS presented future technological perspectives for the Argos system. The science was...
Mar 2, 2016 | Goniometer, News
The CLS goniometer helps users find active ARGOS platforms in the field. Depending on the altitude and the reception conditions the goniometer can detect all transmitting platforms within a radius of 100 km or more. It is a highly sensitive direction finder which...
Mar 2, 2016 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The first whale shark was tagged in the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti, 2006. Two more followed in 2011. The Argos system allowed the association to track one of the whale shark until island of Socotra. While the other went up the Red Sea to face the coast of Yemen, where...
Mar 2, 2016 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
Date : March 15-17 Place : Exel, London – Booth E300
Feb 23, 2016 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
To know the precise location of staging areas and habitats are fundamental issues to better adapt future conservation measures that can be developed towards this species in decline. The arrival of the new Argos solar tags weighing only 2.5g will allow to provide...
Feb 10, 2016 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Dr. Salim Javed, Manager, Terrestrial Assessment and Conservation Section at Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi Dr. Salim Javed has undertaken and completed several important projects on birds including satellite tracking of Eurasian Cranes and Bar-headed geese in...
Feb 7, 2016 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Organization This workshop is hosted by Pr. Hiroyoshi Higuchi from Keio University, Japan and the scientific committee will be composed by Japanese, Korean and Chinese scientists. Presentations on Argos birds tracking program, research and technical...
Feb 3, 2016 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Knowledge of the location and migration behavior of loggerheads is important to protect the threatened species from incidental capture in fishing gear on the high seas. Since 2000, research papers on loggerhead sea turtles have been done to understand loggerhead...
Jan 25, 2016 | News, Wildlife Monitoring
As Argos users or potential users, you’re welcome to attend this regional workshop on satellite wildlife tracking. The objectives of this meeting are: Provide a forum for scientists, biologists, ornithologists interested in wildlife tracking technology Inform on Argos...
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...
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