by Julia Hager | Jan 31, 2024 | animals, Antarctic, Antarctica, Antarctica, Archive, Politics, Science, Science
A Chinese supertrawler fishing for krill in the Southern Ocean in the presence of whales. A practice that not only represents direct competition for food for whales, penguins and seals, but can also lead to fatal ship strikes. Photo: Screenshot Sea Shepherd Global...
by Julia Hager | Oct 30, 2023 | Archive, Arctic, Science, Science
Fin whales are the second largest whales after blue whales. With the beginning of industrial whaling in the 20th century, they became the most hunted whales in the world. (Photo: Julia Hager) Whaling in the 20th century wiped out 99 percent of the...
by Julia Hager | Sep 5, 2023 | Archive, Arctic, Science, Science
Determining the mutation rate of cetaceans is not an easy task, as it is difficult to locate and sample them. Photo: Julia Hager Before commercial whaling began, the number of humpback whales in the North Atlantic was apparently 86 percent lower than previously...
by Julia Hager | May 12, 2023 | Archive, Arctic, Science, Technology
Fin whales are increasingly staying in the Arctic year-round (Photo: Julia Hager) A Norwegian research team used two submarine fibre-optic cables to record the sounds of fin whales, following them along the west coast of Svalbard for hours in near real time Tracking...
by Julia Hager | Mar 27, 2023 | Archive, Arctic, Science, Science
Fin whales are the second largest baleen whales. Like other marine mammals, they are sentinels of the current environmental changes. Photo: Julia Hager Fin whales are regularly observed off Svalbard, especially during the summer months. However, the rapid warming of...
