News Droppings put penguins on the map.

[Notebook]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8077040.stm

Scientists have located 38 emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica by using satellites to look for stains from the animals' droppings.

DungSat?

Satellite images clearly reveal the penguins' movements

Bet that looks good on your CV.


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[tblaxland]

Nice :speakcool:. It never ceases to amaze me the alternative uses we find for satellite imagery.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8077040.stmDungSat?

I believe that should be GuanoSat

 

[Notebook]

True, I wonder if they are using a BigBird, or a HotBird?

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[TSPenguin]

I will get word to my bretheren in antarctica to better hide our droppings.
I just hope this will not interfere with our secret base.

 

[tblaxland]

I will get word to my bretheren in antarctica to better hide our droppings.

You should. The increased albedo will help deal with global warming

 

[Notebook]

I will get word to my bretheren in antarctica to better hide our droppings.
I just hope this will not interfere with our secret base.

Is that the one in the Arctic, or the Antarctic?

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[tblaxland]

 

[Notebook]

Stealth Penguins... They want us to believe they aren't at the North Pole.

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[ar81]

Moral of the story: If you are on a secret mission, do not leave droppings around, for the bloodhound sats may spot you.

Do you know why polar bears do not eat penguins? Because polar bears had to run away from south pole because of the stink of penguin droppings...

 

[Notebook]

Its a while ago, but surely they know the difference between droppings and the real thing?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17692025

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[Notebook]

More Penquins...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-...tion-of-penguins-found-in-antarctic-peninsula

 

[Urwumpe]

They are getting closer to the secret penguin base. Cute and cuddly, boys. Cute and cuddly!

 

[Notebook]

Making minerals: Crushed, zapped, boiled and baked

From using penguin poo to coal fire - nature has many ways to generate minerals on and off Earth.

www.bbc.com

 

[N_Molson]

Birds tend to "jettison" a lot of stuff, anyone that parks his car under a tree can testify. And penguins are big, big, birds.

 

[Notebook]

Even more penguin news.

Climate change: Four new emperor penguin groups found by satellite

Scientists track down what are probably the last unidentified Antarctic emperor penguin colonies.

www.bbc.co.uk