anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖 · @anna_lillith
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“People can reach out to government officials to let them know how important Antarctic conservation is, and reduce their individual ,” says Bransome. They can also look for ways to spread the word to their about the importance of the and . A good time to start is World Krill Day on Aug. 11.

We also need more awareness about the importance of Antarctica and the in general, she says.

20/21

#southernocean #krill #antarctic #communities #carbonemissions

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖 · @anna_lillith
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Conserving more areas of the wouldn’t just benefit Antarctica, but could also help propel efforts to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030, which global leaders recently agreed to under the .

“Designating these marine protected areas, which are mature and ready, would be one of the best ways to actually move towards meeting that objective

13/21

cbd.int/article/cop15-cbd-pres

#conventiononbiologicaldiversity #southernocean

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖 · @anna_lillith
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“And with less sea ice along the Antarctic Peninsula in the wintertime, the ships can just stay down there for longer.”

Global Action

There’s much that can be done. The is managed by an international body of 27 members known as the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.

10/21

ccamlr.org/en/organisation/hom

#southernocean

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖 · @anna_lillith
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 “When the krill migrate down in these massive swarms and excrete their waste, that transfers a large amount of that to ocean depths,” explains Nicole Bransome, an officer with the Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project.

One of the ’s most important aspects is its capacity to take up carbon. “And a huge player in that is krill,” says Bernard. “They’re worth fighting for.”

And the time to do that, experts warn, is now.

6/21

pewtrusts.org/en/about/experts

#southernocean #carbon

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖 · @anna_lillith
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They form the base of the food web in the , which circles and makes up about 10% of the global ocean.

Most animals living in and around Antarctica dine on . That includes , , , , , and numerous species of that live in the open ocean.

3/21

#fish #squid #seals #penguins #whales #seabirds #krill #antarctica #southernocean

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖 · @anna_lillith
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SMALL BUT MIGHTY: WHY ANTARCTIC KRILL ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR

Experts call for action to protect vast areas of the and help safeguard the shrimp-like crustaceans at the base of the food web.

July 24, 2023 - by Tara Lohan

If you love , and a livable , then it might be time to stand up for Antarctic krill.

1/21

#climate #whales #penguins #southernocean

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Santiago Gassó · @SanGasso
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This morning in , activity from several dry lakes (including the large dry bed Colhué Huapi) . Long dust plumes.

The winds are such that dust initially moves east and then veers south making likely this dust will reach the and maybe .

This is a good example of dust activity in the middle of the winter (there is even snow not too far south , red circle)

#patagonia #highlatitudedust #southernocean #antarctica #paleoclimate #biogeochemicalcycles

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GregCocks · @GregCocks
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"After a long hiatus, the epic Ocean Race is back – but this year, as well as dodging icebergs, cracking masts and suffering the occasional ‘hull sandwich failure’, the teams are gathering crucial scientific data from places even research vessels rarely reach."

The science of sailing: inside the race across the world’s most remote ocean | Oceans | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20

#sailing #oceanrace #science #climatechange #southernocean #research #ocean #pointnemo

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GaiaCrisisPhil · @philcolbourn
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Ocean Race

Four boats head for Cape Horn this weekend, riding a final blast of the roaring forties



theoceanrace.com/en/news/13735

#southernocean #OceanRace #imoca #sailing

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GregCocks · @GregCocks
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A New Interactive [Mapping] Research Tool For The Antarctic Sea-Ice Zone [Nilas]
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phys.org/news/2023-02-interact <-- shared article
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nilas.org/#1/-90/0 <-- NILAS software home page
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“The Southern Ocean Mapping Platform - Nilas is a mapping tool (beta) which displays multiple layers of physical and biogeochemical variables. The data displayed are primarily derived from remotely sense products and updated as source data becomes available. The Australian Antarctic Division developed this tool to cover the Antarctic sea-ice zone and to support their research and operational activities…"

#gis #spatial #mapping #nilas #marine #data #research #planning #science #antarctic #seaice #geospatial #ice #climatechange #water #hydrology #hydrospatial #southernoceanmappingplatform #mapportal #opendata #southernocean #spatiotemporal #historicdata #Climateresearch #climate #chlorophyll #phytoplankton #seasurfacetemperature #antarctica #ecosystem #spatialanalysis

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Santiago Gassó · @SanGasso
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Image of over the SW Atlantic from with layer of surface winds , a large haze advecting into the .

#sunset #goeseast #southernocean

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IBCSO · @ibcso
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spent 4 days in Eltanin Bay conducting a geological survey and selecting core sites. This area is largely unmapped and therefore a great chance to collect new hi-res bathymetric data! A major interest is to understand the geomorphic structures created by the ice flow.

#polarstern #awi #geoscience #oceanography #ocean #antarctica #antarktis #bathymetry #science #earthscience #seafloor #southernocean #data #survey

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IBCSO · @ibcso
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Ronne Entrance is the southern entrance from Bellingshausen Sea to George VI Sound. Although it was discovered by Finn Ronne in 1940, only a few have mapped small sections in high resolution. contributes an area 5.5 times the size of in unprecedented detail.

#polarstern #bremen #awi #geoscience #oceanography #ocean #antarctica #antarktis #bathymetry #science #earthscience #seafloor #southernocean #data #survey

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IBCSO · @ibcso
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