Ongoing Projects
Collecting Data for the South Georgia Big Seaweed Search The aim of this project, led by scientists from London’s Natural History Museum, is to study the seaweed diversity and distribution in South Georgia, assessing threats from climate change and invasive species. Cloud Observations for NASA Globe Observer By observing and recording cloud cover & type timed to NASA satellite fly-overs, we help scientists understand how surface and air temperature are affected by cloud cover, and how clouds respond to a changing climate. Phytoplankton Data for Scripps Institution of Oceanography By collecting phytoplankton samples in fjord systems along the Antarctic Peninsula, we help scientists obtain a seasonal picture of phytoplankton abundance, composition, and distribution, as well as how phytoplankton are influenced by (increasing) melt-water inflow from glaciers.
Seabird Surveys for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and eBird
The project is building a long-term ecological monitoring program of seabirds in the Southern Ocean and along the Antarctic Peninsula. These recordings help researchers understand how birds use oceanic habitat, to discover new details about the lives of these remote species, and ultimately how their behavior and populations might be changing as a result of climate change. Secchi Disk Study for the Secchi Disk Foundation Measuring Secchi depth, a measure of the depth at which you lose water clarity, is another important indicator of the relative abundance of phytoplankton, critical to Antarctica’s food chain. Using a Secchi Disk, our Citizen Scientists record and report findings to The Secchi Disk Foundation in the UK.
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