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New tech enables scientists to see emperor penguins in darkness

Research led by Professor Michelle LaRue from the School of Earth and Environment at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) published in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation shows that high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery can track emperor penguins through...

New tech enables scientists to see emperor penguins in darkness
Image: Phys.org
Research led by Professor Michelle LaRue from the School of Earth and Environment at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) published in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation shows that high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery can track emperor penguins through the Antarctic winter, opening a new way to monitor an endangered species during a critical stage of breeding.

Originally published at Phys.org

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