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SCS: Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)
Antarctic pack ice, leopard seals have been protected from commercial hunting due to their inaccessibility and the high cost of operating in the area. All killing of seals in the Antarctic region is regulated by the Antarctic Treaty and the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (CCAS). In 1986-1987 however two Soviet commercial ...
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SCS: Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
All killing of seals in the Antarctic region is now regulated by the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (CCAS) and the Antarctic Treaty. However a commercial hunt of 107 ... Weddell seal is fish, such as the Antarctic cod and Antarctic silverfish. They also eat some cephalopods and crustaceans. Young seals in the pack ice region are more dependent on pelagic prey. ...
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Science - The Antarctic Ozone Hole
Antarctic Ozone Hole Science: The Antarctic Ozone Hole The Antarctic Ozone Hole was discovered by the British Antarctic Survey from data obtained with a ground-based instrument from a ... Antarctic region from Chile in 1987 showed conclusively that the ozone loss was related to halogen (chlorine)-catalyzed chemical destruction which takes place following spring sunrise in the Antarctic polar region ...
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NGDC/MGG-Announcements: Gravity Field over the S Ocean from GEOSAT
GEOSAT satellite altimetry between latitudes 60 deg. S and 72 deg. S in the Circum-Antarctic region, highlights the gravitational effect of ocean floor topography. It reveals details of sea-floor relief ... available as a 24" x 36" poster from the National Geophysical Data Center. The circum-Antarctic marine gravity field is computed entirely from altimeter data collected by the US Navy's ...
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Climate Ark: Science and Research/Arctic and Antarctic Links
Rate It Antarctic Drilling (ANDRILL) http://www.andrill.org/ (1 vote) geological drilling program in an ongoing effort to recover stratigraphic records from the Antarctic region; future scenarios of global warming require guidance and constraint from past history Added: Dec. 31, 2006 | Rate It Arctic and Antarctic Advice Agency http:// ...
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Climate Ark: Science and Research/Research Programs Links
Rate It Antarctic Drilling (ANDRILL) http://www.andrill.org/ (1 vote) geological drilling program in an ongoing effort to recover stratigraphic records from the Antarctic region; future scenarios of global ... com/stoat/ climate science weblog run by William Connolley, climate modeller at the British Antarctic Survey Added: Dec. 07, 2006 | Rate It Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research ...
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Marine Connection
Japanese whaling company broke environment laws by killing whales in Australia's Antarctic waters. The Federal Court of Australia ordered Japanese whaler Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd stop ... International Whaling Commission, what the Japanese whaling fleet is doing in the South Pacific and Antarctic region is legal," said Tomohiko Taniguchi, a spokesman at Japan's Foreign Ministry. An official ...
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French Southern and Antarctic Lands Geography 2000 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
Population Government Economy Transportation Military Transnational Issues Maps Flags . Feedback =========== [TOP] French Southern and Antarctic Lands Geography 2000 Location: south of Africa, islands in the southern Indian Ocean, about ... French claim to "Adelie Land" Geographic coordinates: 43 00 S, 67 00 E Map references: Antarctic Region Area: total: 7,781 sq km land: 7,781 sq km water: 0 sq ...
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Time to Krill? crucial antarctic ecosystem threatened
The Antarctic ecosystem is far from pristine; the marine living resources of the region have been exploited for nearly 200 years. The emergence of a krill fishery posed the greatest threat to the integrity of the Antarctic ecosystem but the fishery ...
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WWF - Ecoregions in Latin America & Caribbean Region
WWF > Where We Work > Latin America > Solutions by Region > Ecoregions Latin America About the region Problems Solutions by Programme Solutions by Region Amazon Central America Ecoregions Guianas Valdivian Forests Solutions ... the Caribbean. All ecoregions in the LAC region The 19 Ecoregions WWF is working in Amazon River and Flooded Forests Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea Atacama-Sechura Deserts ...
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