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UK scientists plan to monitor krill from space as species threatened by warming

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy British scientists are hoping to monitor Antarctic krill from space as the species faces growing …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Lab Notes: More than whale food — krill are climate heroes

ABC

Antarctic krill do much more than fill whales' bellies. They sequester around 40 million tonnes of carbon each year, mostly in their poo — that's the equivalent of taking 35 million cars off the road. Now a new study has revealed what they get up to under the Antarctic winter sea ice, and how this behaviour affects carbon calculations. Dive …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Recent whale deaths highlight risks from Antarctica's booming krill fishery

The Independent

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5 months ago

Krill oil, magnesium, natural Ozempic: Debunking supplements

Slate

Go to the supplement aisle at the grocery store, and the options are endless. Supplements can be used for health and wellness, but it’s important to know the facts before buying the next trendy capsule, pill, tincture, or gummy. On this week’s episode of Well, Now Maya and Kavita give you helpful tools to decide what supplements are worth the …

7 months, 1 week ago

What is krill oil and what are the benefits?

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “All those iconic images we associate with Antarctica of …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Antarctica is missing an area of sea ice the size of Greenland in a ‘shocking’ climate trend

The Independent

Even in an era of alarming climate records, a worrying slew of milestones has already been passed in 2023 as our planet warms. “If you took an average of sea ice extent around the coast, the sea ice would extend around 1,000km out from the coast, but this year the recordings mean it’s about 100km further back than in a …

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2 years ago

Bob Brown Foundation, Sea Shepherd Global say krill super trawlers 'ploughing' through whale pods

ABC

Two environmental groups are calling for krill fishing to be outlawed, saying super trawlers are endangering pods of whales in the Southern Ocean. Key points: The Shen Lan and Fong La ships were filmed by activists near the South Orkney Islands, in the Southern Ocean, off the Antarctic Peninsula An academic says there are concerns about the potential for super …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Russia, China block plans for Antarctic marine protections

The Hindu

Russia and China have again blocked plans supported by the European Union, the United States and 23 other nations to protect three vast stretches of ocean around Antarctica from most fishing. Those included an agreement on new protections for krill fishing and a commitment to meet in Chile next year to further discuss the proposal for the new marine protected …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Russia, China block plans for Antarctic marine protections

The Independent

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2 years, 4 months ago

Scientists calculate how much plastic whales are eating

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Large filter feeders like baleen whales evolved to process and filter vast amounts of the ocean,” Jeremy Goldbogen, one …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Blue whales swallow upto 44 kg of plastic daily: Study

Hindustan Times

As Earth's largest animals, blue whales are mighty big eaters, gulping tons of food each day. Blue whales, according to the study, may swallow roughly 10 million microplastic pieces daily, or up to about 95 pounds of plastic. For fin whales, whose main prey also is krill, the estimated daily tally is about 6 million microplastic pieces, or up to …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Blue whales found to swallow 10 million microplastic pieces daily

India Today

As Earth's largest animals, blue whales are mighty big eaters, gulping tons of food each day. Blue whales, according to the study, may swallow roughly 10 million microplastic pieces daily, or up to about 95 pounds of plastic. For fin whales, whose main prey also is krill, the estimated daily tally is about 6 million microplastic pieces, or up to …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Blue whales dance with the wind to find food, new study shows

The Independent

Tracking blue whales by their booming vocalisations has shown how they dance with the wind to find food. In a new study, published in Ecology Letters, researchers explained how they used a directional hydrophone – an underwater microphone– at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s observatory to listen for the sounds of the blue whales. MBARI researchers used these sounds to …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Beneath the ice

ABC

Krill are essential to understanding climate change. It's here that Antarctic krill are performing a role that heavy industry and governments across the world are investing billions of dollars trying to mimic — carbon capture and storage. Dr Anna Belcher, an ecological biogeochemist at the British Antarctic Survey, said krill provide a "highway for the transport of carbon deeper in …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Nature: Biologists determine how whales gulp down food underwater without drowning

Daily Mail

Lunge-feeding baleen whales have an 'oral plug' in their mouths that helps them to gulp down food underwater without drowning in the process, a study has found. As the marine mammals thrust though the ocean taking in vast volumes of krill bearing water, this fleshy bulb seals off the airways to stop water entering the lungs. Lunge-feeding baleen whales have …

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4 years, 1 month ago

How shooting whales with air rifles is helping scientists study Antarctica's changing environment

ABC

When you think of the work of a marine biologist, shooting whales is probably not the first image that springs to mind. This is how she and colleagues collect samples from humpback whales: "We fire at the dorsal area of the whale the recoil of the dart causes it to bounce off," says Associate Professor Bengtson Nash. Following that season, …

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6 years, 1 month ago

Antarctica's winners and losers: How climate change will reshape the frozen continent

ABC

The rate of melting in Antarctica has almost tripled in the past five years, according to recent data. "Southern right whales feed in open water, they feed on copepods — very small animals that live in the water column," he said. Sea ice provides an essential habitat for Antarctic krill, which is in turn the primary food source for some …

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6 years, 11 months ago

Temperature rise, retreating ice shelves, and increasing land area: Here's how climate change is affecting Antarctica

India Today

Ten years ago, the Collins glacier in Antarctica covered in thick ice, was a sight to behold. The Australian Antarctic Division's satellite data showed a total 2.15 mn sq km of sea ice surrounding Antarctica. Data reveal that the temperatures on Antarctica's western peninsula have been significantly on the rise for the past 50 years, causing ice shelves to melt. …

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7 years ago

Krill's plastic digestion skills 'mind-blowing' for Australian scientists

ABC

Krill may be at the bottom of the food chain, but they are proving to be a secret weapon in the war against ocean plastics, one poo at a time. "The most significant thing for me is that we fed the krill plastics that are brand new, but the reality is micro-plastics in the environment are already degraded, so if …

Plastic King Plastics Krill

7 years, 9 months ago

Whales are the largest animals on Earth. Now we know why they got so big

LA Times

Millions of microorganisms live in their skin, giving their underbellies a yellowish hue. “What the paper shows is that whales didn’t get bigger and bigger as soon as they entered the ocean or when they evolved filter feeding,” said Friedlaender, who was not involved with the new research. “People like to say, ‘Oh, the biggest animals in the ocean eat …

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8 years ago

Whales, dolphins, swarms of krill spotted off Vic coast near Portland

ABC

A blue whale has been spotted swimming with a pod of dolphins off Victoria's south-west coast as an expert says large amounts of krill point to a good year for whale-watching ahead. An aerial survey by the Blue Whale Study, an independent research organisation, spotted 11 pygmy blue whales as well as swarms of krill near Portland last week. "It's …

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10 years, 6 months ago

Krill winter diet discovery predicts global warming will threaten tiny creature as well as Antarctic ecosystem

ABC

Scientists have made a discovery about the winter diet of krill that they predict could have a dramatic flow-on effect on the Antarctic food chain. "We do believe krill, especially lava krill, the baby krill, heavily rely on that sea ice algae." But this new research shows the winter stocks of sea ice algae, which the krill survives on, are …

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10 years, 8 months ago

The Stunning, Unexpected Colors of Antarctica and Its Penguins

Wired

When Canadian photographer Gaston Lacombe left to spend two months in Antarctica, he expected to find only icebergs and white-out blizzards. “The perception of Antarctica as a white, empty space might come from the fact that nearly all the photos we ever see of this continent are taken from boats, or from the water--photographs of glaciers and icebergs; often it …

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UK scientists plan to monitor krill from space as species threatened by warming

Lab Notes: More than whale food — krill are climate heroes

Recent whale deaths highlight risks from Antarctica's booming krill fishery

Krill oil, magnesium, natural Ozempic: Debunking supplements

What is krill oil and what are the benefits?

Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem

Antarctica is missing an area of sea ice the size of Greenland in a ‘shocking’ climate trend

Bob Brown Foundation, Sea Shepherd Global say krill super trawlers 'ploughing' through whale pods

Russia, China block plans for Antarctic marine protections

Russia, China block plans for Antarctic marine protections

Scientists calculate how much plastic whales are eating

Blue whales swallow upto 44 kg of plastic daily: Study

Blue whales found to swallow 10 million microplastic pieces daily

Blue whales dance with the wind to find food, new study shows

Beneath the ice

Nature: Biologists determine how whales gulp down food underwater without drowning

How shooting whales with air rifles is helping scientists study Antarctica's changing environment

Antarctica's winners and losers: How climate change will reshape the frozen continent

Temperature rise, retreating ice shelves, and increasing land area: Here's how climate change is affecting Antarctica

Krill's plastic digestion skills 'mind-blowing' for Australian scientists

Whales are the largest animals on Earth. Now we know why they got so big

Whales, dolphins, swarms of krill spotted off Vic coast near Portland

Krill winter diet discovery predicts global warming will threaten tiny creature as well as Antarctic ecosystem

The Stunning, Unexpected Colors of Antarctica and Its Penguins