Sentences with phrase «in subantarctic»

produce the first underwater surveys of life in the subantarctic islands and Commonwealth Bay

Not exact matches

Before it was sliced open by a shipping canal in 1914, the Isthmus of Panama united a land mass stretching from the Arctic Circle to subantarctic southern Patagonia.

For the first time, the researchers have carried out a ten - year population study of two seabird species: brown skuas living in the Kerguelen Islands (Subantarctic) and south polar skuas living in Adélie Land (Antarctica).

This is the first time that toxicological measurements have been combined with a population study carried out over such a long period in the Antarctic and Subantarctic.

Mercury contamination in the Antarctic and Subantarctic affects bird populations, reveal researchers from the Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé and from the «Littoral, Environnement et Sociétés» Laboratory (CNRS / Université de La Rochelle).

Towards evening as we approach the islands we are closer to the Subantarctic and sub tropical convergence and we see a subtle change in the species composition.

They lie in the cool temperate or Subantarctic zone and are home to some of the most abundant and diverse wildlife on the planet.

For example, with Étienne Berthier, of the Laboratoire d'Études en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales in Toulouse, I am writing a chapter on the Subantarctic for a book about GLIMS, the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space initiative.

One of these areas is the Subantarctic islands, scattered across the Southern Ocean and holding about 8,000 km2 of glacier ice in all.

Change in a previously unknown region that turns out to be globally typical — «Subantarctic Glaciers Not Surprising» — is difficult to sell as a motive for political action.

To better understand what effect recent changes in the winds are having across the Southern Ocean, the first leg of the expedition was dedicated to working across the magnificent New Zealand subantarctic islands Campbell, Auckland and the Snares.

The little explored subantarctic islands in the Southern Ocean have experienced some of the most significant warming.