Tagged: Southern Ocean

Reflecting on wildlife rehabilitation II - Politecol

- Wayne Linklater • Dec 20, 2012 •

• Antarctica,
• Antipodes Islands,
• conservation,
• environment and ecology,
• Happy-feet,
• Million dollar Mouse Project,
• Southern Ocean,
• wildlife rehabilitation

– did Happy-feet’s visit increase support for conservation? You are sick, tired, and thousands of miles from home. Swimming, you pull up yourself up on a beach for a rest. Within hours you are surrounding by hairless primates who stare and take photographs. Within days you … Read More

Climate change and the acidifying, freshening, warming Southern Ocean - Guest Work

Guest Author • Nov 30, 2011 •

• climate change,
• Matthew Thompson,
• ocean acidification,
• Southern Ocean,
• Steve Rintoul,
• The Conversation

by Matthew Thompson, editor – The Conversation The distinctive, planet-encircling flows of the Southern Ocean have played a role in moderating global warming, but change is at hand with the water heating up, getting less salty, storing more carbon, and growing more acidic. The Southern Ocean, as photographed during the Thomas G Thompson Southern Ocean Expedition. These … Read More