UK scientists plan to monitor krill from space as species threatened by warming
WWF, the University of Strathclyde and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have teamed up for the pioneering project, which ...
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Krill from Space: Pioneering project takes off to protect climate’s tiny superheroes
The project was launched at UNFCCC COP 26 in Baku, November 2020 and Dr Cait McCarry from Strathclyde has just returned from an expedition to Antarctica where she was sampling live krill. Krill are ...
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Why scientists are counting tiny marine creatures, from Space
krill eat microscopic plants that live in sea ice, and those plants absorb planet-warming carbon as they grow. When whales poop (in vast quantities), that fertilises the planet-cooling marine plants.
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UK scientists plan to monitor krill from space as species threatened by warming
has kicked off with Strathclyde’s Dr Cait McCarry recently returning from an Antarctic expedition where she was sampling live krill. Rod Downie, chief polar adviser at WWF-UK, said ...