Monthly Archives: October 2016

Declines in songbirds and seabirds

Posted on October 16, 2016 by davidp

A lengthy article in the LocalXpress includes interviews with local birding authorities Eric Mills, David Currie and Ian McLaren to give a local context to the continent-wide declines in songbirds and seabirds which have been highlighted recently. It’s informative if … Continue reading →

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Thursday Oct 6, 2016: Detecting fishing vessel behaviour from space

Posted on October 4, 2016 by davidp

Kristina Boerder, a PhD student from Dalhousie University, will tell us about how she is making movements of fishing vessels visible (even when they are out of sight!) using satellite technology in ecologically important areas of our world’s oceans. 7:30 … Continue reading →

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