News articles tagged with 'Patagonia'
Dust may settle unanswered questions on Antarctica
— 30 Mar 2009 13:05 | EnvironmentDust trapped deep in Antarctic ice sheets is helping scientists unravel details of past climate change. Researchers have found that dust blown south to Antarctica from the windy plains…
A Happy New Year for penguins!
— 1 Jan 2009 00:02 | EnvironmentThe Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that its efforts to protect a wildlife-rich coastal region in South America have paid off in the form of a new coastal…
Patagonian glacier yields clues for understanding of global climate change
— 4 Aug 2008 13:29 | EnvironmentAlthough ice cores obtained from Antarctica have now provided more than 800 000 years' worth of climate records, analysis of them alone is insufficient for understanding the history…
Guanacos in Chile equipped with radio collars
— 10 Jun 2008 23:21 | EnvironmentThe Wildlife Conservation Society has launched a study in Chile's Karukinka reserve on Tierra del Fuego to help protect the guanaco - a wild cousin of the llama that once roamed in…
Chaiten Volcano captured blasting ash
— 8 May 2008 11:22 | Geology and palaeontologyChile's Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke (centre left of image) into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina's Patagonia Plateau in this Envisat image acquired on 5…
Chaiten Volcano one of scores of active volcanoes in region
— 7 May 2008 15:57 | Geology and palaeontologyThe Chaiten Volcano now erupting in southern Chile is one of 200 to 300 volcanoes in the 'Andean Arc' region of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia considered active by volcanologists,…
When genetics and geology meet in Patagonia
— 9 Apr 2008 12:58 | BiologyWhen Charles Darwin first set foot on Patagonia, he was a fresh-faced 22-year old yet to finesse his revolutionary theory of evolution by natural selection. But travelling around the…
Penguins march into new park
— 9 Aug 2007 20:23 | EnvironmentThe Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that the government of Argentina will create a new marine park along its isolated and windswept Patagonia coast to…
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