Penguin-researchers working for the Washington, D. C.-based environmental group Oceanites, who camp on Peterman Island each summer, showed us how whole colonies have abandoned nests and moved south, in search of the colder air and thicker ice they are accustomed to. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Bowermaster: Antarctic Evolution] Reference
In December, WTAE Channel 4 Action News Anchor Sally Wiggin traveled to the Antarctic Peninsula with the nonprofit group Oceanites to discover how tourists and climate change are affecting the region with one of their primary tools -- penguins. From Wordnik.com. [ThePittsburghChannel.com - Local News] Reference
Carlson and University of Marlyand ecology Ph. D. student Elise Larsen spent two weeks aboard a Lindblad Expeditions cruise ship, the National Geographic Explorer, as Oceanites researchers, following tourists from site to site, counting penguins along the way. From Wordnik.com. [ThePittsburghChannel.com - Local News] Reference
Wilson’s storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus); blue-eyed shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps). From Wordnik.com. [Antarctic Peninsula] Reference
We're seeing a big increase of these Gentoo Penguins just because of that change in climate, "said Oceanites researcher John Carlson. From Wordnik.com. [ThePittsburghChannel.com - Local News] Reference
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