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Home News Science & Astronomy Emperor penguins photographed here on the Brunt ice shelf near the British Antarctic Survey Halley Research Station. (Image: © The British Antarctic Survey) Penguins might be good at hiding from humans, but they can't hide their poop from the giant satellites circling our planet. New imagery…

Satellites have spotted eight new emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica, as well as confirmed the existence of three others. While this sounds good, the unfortunate reality is that these newly discovered penguins are just as threatened as the rest. Documented in a paper published in the Remote Sensing in Ecology and…

Home News Emperor penguins photographed here on the Brunt ice shelf near the British Antarctic Survey Halley Research Station. (Image: © The British Antarctic Survey) Penguins might be good at hiding from humans, but they can't hide their poop from the giant satellites circling our planet. New imagery revealed penguin poop…

Frank Jordans, Associated Press Updated 11:33 am CDT, Wednesday, August 5, 2020 BERLIN (AP) — British scientists say there are more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought based on evidence of bird droppings spotted from space. A study published Wednesday by scientists at the British Antarctic Survey counted 61…

Using satellite mapping technology, a new study unveils there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica. The discovery acts as a significant benchmark for monitoring the impact of environmental change on the population of this iconic bird. The study used images from the European Commission’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite…

Home News The IceCube neutrino lab in Antarctica (Image: © Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF) Good news: Scientists have found the absolute best place on Earth for romantic stargazing!Bad news: It's literally next-door to the South Pole.The hotspot (or cold spot, in this case) is called Dome A, and is located on…

Updated / Wednesday, 5 Aug 2020 06:26 Emperor penguins are the largest penguin species, weighing up to 40kg and living for around 20 years Eleven new colonies of emperor penguins have been discovered in Antarctica after a study using satellite mapping technology. The "exciting discovery" means the known population of…

By Leah Crane The night sky is clearest from a hill in AntarcticaAntarctica / AlamyThe best place in the world from which to look at the night sky is on top of a hill of ice in Antarctica called Dome A. The hill is one of the coldest locations on…

A team of marine ecologists from Oregon State University has described the formation and development of a new methane seep — a location where methane escapes from an underground reservoir and into the ocean — in the Ross Sea, the High Antarctic. The Cinder Cones seep, the Ross Sea, Antarctica:…

A team of marine ecologists from Oregon State University has described the formation and development of a new methane seep — a location where methane escapes from an underground reservoir and into the ocean — in the Ross Sea, the High Antarctic. The Cinder Cones seep, the Ross Sea, Antarctica:…