Sep 17, 2019 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
For 15 years, Kelonia, the CEDTM and its partners (Ifremer, CNRS, Universities, TAAF, the French Biodiversity Agency-AFB,…) have equipped nearly 300 sea turtles with Argos tags to study their movements in the Indian Ocean – from the high seas to coastal...
Sep 16, 2019 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Carrion birds in general, and especially the largest of them are often threatened species, even though they are providing huge ecological services. The California condors among them nearly disappeared. They are now recovering thanks to reintroduction efforts, but are...
Aug 20, 2019 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
An Argos ocean buoy deployed off the coast of Banyuls, France, in May 2019, has been visiting the Spanish coastline – along with approximately 30 million tourists this summer. The buoy, deployed within the French Space Agency’s Argonautica project, in collaboration...
Aug 14, 2019 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Oriental Pratincoles, Australia’s most numerous shorebird, spend up to three months in Australia, migrating to various parts of Asia to breed. To date, traditional marking using bands and flags has produced little insight into their destinations & migration paths....
Jul 31, 2019 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Humpback whales are long-range migrators, on the recovery after heavy whaling during more than 150 years. Understanding where they feed in the polar oceans, and why they might choose an area rather than another is helped by Argos telemetry tracking. Populations...
Jul 19, 2019 | Land Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Arctic foxes are living in all the regions around the Arctic ocean. Argos satellite telemetry tracking demonstrates that some of those foxes are changing continent using the sea ice as bridge, travelling thousands of kilometers in a few months in the process, from...
Jul 17, 2019 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Whooping cranes were nearly extinct in North Americas in the 1950s. Preservation actions initiated since then have enabled the protection of the species. Reintroduction programs, helped by Argos satellite telemetry are now increasing the populations, and enabling new...
Jul 3, 2019 | Land Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The Mhorr gazelle is an endangered species of the Sahelian area. It is one of the most singular, threatened and scarcely-studied gazelle species of northern Africa. It is considered by locals as part of their cultural wealth. Reintroduction into the wild of...
Jul 1, 2019 | Goniometer, News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) is a national collaborative research infrastructure, supported by the Australian Government. The IMOS Ocean Gliders facility operates a fleet of autonomous underwater ocean gliders that undertake measurements from...
Jun 26, 2019 | Hardwares, Herding, News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology, Pollution, Smart Agriculture, Wildlife Monitoring
Production is underway on the new constellation of 25 nanosatellites called Kinéis, with the next generation Argos instruments onboard. The new generation of the Argos system is based on greater bandwidth, improved data timeliness thanks to a shorter revisit time...
Jun 14, 2019 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Trajectories of loggerhead turtles in the Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean Sea have been tracked using Argos transmitters. Comparing the tracks with marine environmental data provides a better understanding of the movements of these animals. 35 years of...
Jun 14, 2019 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
On June 16th, people around the world celebrate the beauty of sea turtles and their importance to the marine ecosystem. CLS, unique operator of the Argos system since 1986, would like to take this occasion to honor the scientists working to understand and protect sea...
Jun 11, 2019 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
New Zealand is home to more penguin species than any other country in the world. The Tawaki penguin, also known as the Fiorland penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus), is one such species that breeds on the New Zealand mainland. With an estimated population size of merely...
May 29, 2019 | Marine Animals, News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology, Wildlife Monitoring
Argos satellite tracking makes it possible to follow the paths of tagged animals. This tracking data is invaluable, but sometimes it raises more questions than it answers. Why is the animal making a detour – or even a loop? Does it stay here or there for...
May 27, 2019 | News
Among Argos satellite telemetry users, we have kids and teachers, thanks to the Argonautica STEM educational project from the French Space Agency, Cnes. Representatives met last week to present the work done using the Argos and “Metoc” data in the Annual...
May 17, 2019 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Hen Harriers is a protected species of raptor living in Great Britain. Until recently, their behaviour and habits had been observed mostly at specific times and areas. Argos PTTs have enabled monitoring a wide variety of individuals over long periods and studying...
Apr 25, 2019 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The research team at Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC-CNRS) has been using the Argos system since the 1990s to study penguins on Crozet and Kerguelen Islands. One of the researchers from the team, Charles-André Bost, began using the Argos system in...
Apr 23, 2019 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) was established by international convention in 1982 with the objective of conserving Antarctic marine life. The CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP) was established to detect...
Apr 23, 2019 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Phillip Island Nature Parks is a unique nature reserve, located on Australia’s Phillip Island, just a two hours’ drive from Melbourne. It is part of the UNESCO Western Port Biosphere Reserve and includes wildlife sanctuaries, wetlands, woodlands and coastal scenery....
Apr 23, 2019 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
From 1996 – 2018, the Center for Ecosystem Sentinels tracked 459 penguins from Punta Tombo using the Argos system, shedding new light on home range, foraging patterns, and how climate change influences these animals. Data collected has been used to design marine...
Apr 18, 2019 | Land Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
For some years one of the major problems of polar bears has been the dramatic reduction of their habitat, i.e. Arctic sea ice, during the summer time. The bears are thus faced with extreme conditions and must go inland, since the sea ice is retreating North too...
Apr 8, 2019 | News
The CLS Telemetry team will attend the Ocean Business trade fair in Southampton, UK, one of the UK’s premier ocean science and technology events, from April 9th-11th. Our teams will be present on Booth A12. Stop by to discuss your upcoming projects and learn about how...
Apr 2, 2019 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The Asian houbara is a bird highly adapted to its arid environment, with perfect camouflaging feathers and few natural predators. However, it is traditionally hunted using falcons in the Arabic peninsula, and with the increase of this hunting they are now threatened....
Mar 28, 2019 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
The tenth edition of the Monaco Blue Initiative took place on March 24th-25th in Monaco under the presidency of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco. This edition, like the previous editions, was was dedicated to Marine Protected Areas. The attendees supported ambitious...
Mar 25, 2019 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
Since February 21st, 2019, all Argos users benefit from a 3-month free access to meteorological and oceanographic data via the ArgosWeb mapping function. This data is easy to display, and is designed to be overlaid with tracking data, helping biologists make a quick,...
Mar 20, 2019 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology, Pollution
The CEPPOL, the French Navy’s Practical center of expertise for pollution control, uses Argos buoys to track pollution when an oil spill occurs at sea. This has been the case in the Atlantic Ocean since March 13, following the sinking of the Italian ship, Grande...
Mar 18, 2019 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
The Argos system made it possible to relay the first in-situ observations of the open ocean by satellite in the early 1980s and continues to be a relevant technology for ocean science today, especially given that the new Kinéis constellation will launch 20...
Feb 25, 2019 | Fish, News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology, Wildlife Monitoring
Top predators play a key role in maintaining the health of open ocean ecosystems. Understanding how they relate to their environment is fundamental in order to monitor their populations and the state of the marine environment. White sharks, among others, have been...
Feb 15, 2019 | Birds, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Humboldt and Magellanic penguins live in the southern tip of South America. On the Pacific coast, they benefit from the high productivity of the Humboldt Current but are also threatened by artisanal fisheries. They are thus considered as either vulnerable or near...
Feb 15, 2019 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Wide-scale changes are taking place in the Arctic, with warmer temperatures leading to shrinking summer ice coverage. More ice-free water means easier access for vessels and industrial operations, such as exploration for oil and gas, shipping, sand dredging and...
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