Sentences with phrase «track endangered species»

Underwater robots are used in a variety of research projects these days, from mapping the sea floor and Antarctic ice to tracking endangered species.

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Activities will include construction and maintenance of protective fencing, wildlife tracking, educating the public about endangered species conservation, and research.

Oceanographers have mapped the seafloor and tracked endangered marine species for decades using autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs.

«Many of these species are endangered and we have no tracking data, but we can extrapolate from other species to understand how they are likely to interact with fisheries, shipping, or other human activities,» Costa said.

It also can aid in conservation genetics efforts by helping to trace paternity and to track how males move within and between populations in endangered species, like gorillas.

Whether it's stopping poaching and illegal trade in body parts from endangered species, identifying perpetrators of out - of - season hunting, or tracking the movement of migratory animals, forensic science is coming to the rescue of wildlife around the globe.

Each database tracked the presence or absence of organisms either listed as threatened or endangered by state or federal authorities, perilously close to being listed, or species of concern to The Nature Conservancy, which maintains biodiversity databases nationwide.

Since 1964, endangered species have been tracked by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Switzerland.

Tracking Sea Turtles: Lessons in Saving an Endangered Species Put on your scuba gear and grab your camera — we're going on an undersea adventure!

Three years after environmental groups sued to force the Interior Department to consider protecting polar bears under the Endangered Species Act, the Bush administration today listed the species as threatened — on track to be endangered by midcentury because of shrinking summer sea ice in a warmiEndangered Species Act, the Bush administration today listed the species as threatened — on track to be endangered by midcentury because of shrinking summer sea ice in a warming Species Act, the Bush administration today listed the species as threatened — on track to be endangered by midcentury because of shrinking summer sea ice in a warming species as threatened — on track to be endangered by midcentury because of shrinking summer sea ice in a warmiendangered by midcentury because of shrinking summer sea ice in a warming Arctic.

Last Friday, a park staffer found these tracks, spanning more than six feet, and several exposed eggs of the endangered species.

The Streamlining Environmental Approvals Act (SEA Act) would gut core provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and override the Endangered Species Act to fast - track seismic permits.

Ever more sales careers are dependent on in - depth knowledge of sales - tracking systems; in many industries, sales reps who don't leverage technology to boost efficiency and close more deals are an endangered species.

Because if that happens, their track record (no compensation provisions in either the Clean Water Act or the Endangered Species Act) pretty well forces them to come out and say — à la Paul Martin — that they are against the concept.