Sentences with phrase «macquarie island»

Efforts to reverse the proliferation of invasive species on Macquarie Island, a 50 - square mile piece of land located approximately halfway between Australia and Antarctica, have taken a disastrous turn for the worse — with the likely end scenario a complete «ecosystem meltdown.»

The numbers of both species soon grew out of control, resulting in the annihilation of two native bird species and the stripping of Macquarie Island's vegetation.

Macquarie Island, which was named a World Heritage Site in 1997 (for being the only location in the world with mantle rocks actively exposed above sea level), has a long and difficult ecological history.

However, if you look at the last 50 years of temperature data for Macquarie Island there is no trend.

At Mauna Loa, the correlation coefficient was 0.62, with negligible probability that the coefficient is zero, at Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean, correlation 0.73, negligible probability that the coefficient is zero, at Izanz, Tenerife, correlation 0.54, negligible probability that the coefficient is zero, at Ascension Island, correlation 0.48, negligible probability that the coefficient is zero, at Cape Ferguson, NE Australia, correlation 0.29, minute probability that the coefficient is zero but metal smelters operating in the vicinity, at Barrow, Alaska, correlation 0.54, small probability that the coefficient is zero, at Cape Kumukahi, Hawaii, correlation 0.67, minute probability that the coefficient is zero, at Cape Grim, NW Tasmania, correlation 0.64, negligible probability that the coefficient is zero, at Casey Base, Antarctica, correlation 0.19, 2 % probability that the coefficient is zero, temperature too cold for microbial activity?

I think my favorite part was seeing her Facebook updates a year later from Macquarie Island, it made me so happy to know that she actually booked the trip!

We head north from Macquarie Island through waters rich in seabirds towards Campbell Island.

As we make our way through an area known as the Furious Fifties in the tumultuous Southern Ocean, we will learn more about the flora and fauna as we prepare for our arrival at Macquarie Island.

Invercargill - Depart Port of Bluff - The Snares - North East Island - Auckland Islands - Enderby Island - Auckland Islands - Carnley Harbour - At Sea - Macquarie Island Day - Macquarie Island Day - At sea en route to Campbell Island - Campbell Island - Perserverance Harbour - At sea en route to the Antipodes - Antipodes Island - The Bounty Islands - At Sea - Chatham Islands - Waitangi - Pyramid Rock and South East Island - At sea en route to Dunedin - At sea en route to Dunedin - Arrive in Dunedin

The Sub Antarctic Convergence Zone is traditionally very close to the area you will be sailing through so you should expect the birdlife to reflect this as you get closer to Macquarie Island.

The southern elephant seal is found in the Southern Hemisphere on islands such as South Georgia and Macquarie Island, and on the coasts of New Zealand, South Africa, and Argentina in the Peninsula Valdés, which is the fourth - largest elephant seal colony in the world.

I never knew elephant seals on Macquarie Island fight to the death, that would be interesting to see!

[17][18] So called «Upland Seals» once found on Antipodes Islands and Macquarie Island have been claimed as a distinct subspecies of fur seals with thicker furs by scientists although it is unclear whether these seals were genetically distinct.

The total cost of the recently completed rat and rabbit eradication on Macquarie Island was A$ 27 million.

When the killing began, Macquarie Island hosted about 10,000 feral rabbits and 2,500 feral cats, all descended from animals left on the island by visiting whalers circa 1820.

The Hanna findings more - or-less mirrored the Australian experience from exterminating the feral cats of Macquarie Island, inside the Antarctic Circle.

On Macquarie Island successful eradication has had «dire» [45] consequences in the form of rapidly increasing rabbit and rodent populations.

Given the extent to which conservation efforts backfired on Macquarie Island — less than 50 square miles in size — one can only imagine the consequences and expense (to say nothing of the protests!)

[19] Of those, just two are actually extinct: the Stephens Island Wren and the Macquarie Island kakariki (red - crowned parakeet).

Macquarie Island, located roughly halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica, offers a well - documented example of such a disastrous impact.

And, of those just two have stood the test of time: the Stephens Island Wren and the Macquarie Island kakariki (red - crowned parakeet).

Finally, there's the extremes of the sub-Antarctic on Macquarie Island, with huge colonies of colourful king penguins and enormous elephant seals.As

Carried out on Ashmore Reef (tropical) and Macquarie Island (Sub-Antarctic), the research found that the ever - increasing precision provided by drones, along with the ability to survey hard - to - reach populations, may mean that wildlife monitoring projects move from traditional methods to drone technology.

Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) have hunted elephant seals near Campbell Island, while bite marks from a southern sleeper shark (Somniosus antarcticus) have been found on surviving elephant seals in the Macquarie Islands.

Not exact matches

«This remarkable study shows how much we have to learn about Pacific Islands mammals, «said Prof. Tim Flannery of Macquarie University in Sydney, who was not involved in the research.

Melbourne, Dandenong Ranges, Puffing Billy Train, Philip Island Penguin Parade, Canberra, Snowy Mountains, Thredbo, Sydney, Katoomba, Hawkesbury River Cruise, Newcastle, Hunter Valley, Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour, Byron Bay, Tweed Heads, Gold Coasts, Surfers Paradise, Brisbane,, Ettamogah Pub, Buderim, Big Pineapple, Rockhampton, Boat Cruise On The Whitsunday Passage, Townsville, Cairns, Kuranda Railway, Port Douglas, Daintree River.

You will cruise about the Auckland, Macquarie, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty, Pryamid and Chatham Islands to visit and view all these species.