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Antarctica: Diving under the ice to study krill
Albrecht Götz and seven team members braved the Antarctic winter to do a quantitative assessment of krill. Diving surveys under the sea ice in the Antarctic winter had only been attempted once before ... with limited success.
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Visuals from the deep
The SA Deep-Sea Trawl Industry Association is collaborating with researchers in an experiment that aims to assess potential recovery of the seabed after more than 100 years of trawling.
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Scifest Africa 2014 - "Into the space!"
In keeping with its theme, Scifest Africa explored spaces big and small. SAEON’s popular Magic Planet took learners on a virtual tour to explore natural phenomena such as volcanoes and hurricanes.
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SAEON in the media
SAEON's people and projects received coverage in a wide range of media...
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Interesting link
The University of California Natural Reserve System launched their fourth video about Mediterranean-climate ecosystems: Drought, Flood, and Fire. The video explains how Mediterranean-climate regions swing between years of drought and heightened fire risk, and years of catastrophic flooding.
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Blog spot
Read how CapeNature uses dogs to help conserve the critically endangered geometric tortoise referred to in another article in this issue
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Quote
"Antarctica acts as an engine room for global weather patterns." - University of Canterbury website
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