Important events for seabirds in Hobart and Nairobi
The 4th World Seabird Conference took place in Hobart last month, a meeting held only once every 5 years. During the same week, BirdLife’s Global Partnership Meeting, held every 4 years, and the
Category: Southern Ocean
Mesoscale eddies influence penguin movements in the Southern Ocean
Mesoscale eddies are swirling vortices of water 10s to 100s of kilometres wide that are a key feature of ocean circulation. As eddies move across the ocean, they distort local water properties, featuring
Avian Sensitivity Tool for Energy Planning (AVISTEP) launches in Australia
BirdLife International and BirdLife Australia launched our Avian Sensitivity Tool for Energy Planning (AVISTEP) at the Australasian Ornithological Conference in Boorloo/Perth. Today, AVISTEP was launched in Australia, providing government planners and the
Resource tracking and use of Antarctic sea-ice habitats by albatrosses and large petrels breeding in the subantarctic
The majority of the world’s albatrosses and large petrels breed on islands in the Southern Ocean. It is well known that they can travel hundreds or thousands of kilometres on foraging trips. Potentially,
Identifying Key Biodiversity Areas for multiple seabird species in the Southern Ocean using publicly available tracking data
The highly productive waters around Antarctica (also known as the Southern Ocean) are particularly rich in seabird diversity, but this region and the seabirds that inhabit it are also highly threatened by a
Identifying Hotspots of Threats to Marine Megafauna
In newly published research, A framework for mapping the distribution of seabirds by integrating tracking, demography and phenology, Ana P. B. Carneiro et al. present a new framework aiming to tackle challenges of
Nobody knows where juvenile Grey-headed Albatrosses go: until now
Too many youngsters were going missing after fledging. With no knowledge of where they fly to, it was much harder to halt their decline. Now, nine satellite-tagged juveniles have successfully left the nest. We can watch their journey – and so can you.