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Gideon van den Berg retweeted
28 May 2021
Check out our latest #blog on the effects of #climatechange on South Africa's southern right whales.
Also, if you haven't yet, go adopt a whale!
adoptawhale.co.za/2021/05/27…
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Gideon van den Berg retweeted
26 May 2021
An utterly crushing day for Big Oil
1) Chevron investors demand emission cuts
2) Dutch court tells Shell to cut emissions by half
3) Exxon shareholders buck the company and elect directors demanding climate action.
Thanks to all who fight--you push long enough and dominoes tumble
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9 Mar 2021
Today, the team went out to a stranding of a male striped dolphin near Die Kelders. A full set of measurements and highly valuable biological samples were taken. These data will ultimately be used to further our understanding of cetaceans in South African waters.
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Gideon van den Berg retweeted
16 Feb 2021
Article by Gideon L. van den Berg, Els Vermeulen , Andre Ganswindt, Grant Hall from MMIMP @marionseals83 et al 'Decadal shift in foraging strategy of a migratory southern ocean predator' #SANAP #SouthernOcean @NRF_News @environmentza @ResearchUP onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Gideon van den Berg retweeted
26 Jan 2021
(1) Are you interested in adopting a #whale and in doing so, supporting our #research and the #conservation of southern right whales in South Africa?
A thread:
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Gideon van den Berg retweeted
25 Jan 2021
And we're back!🐳
Follow our page for all the latest happenings at the MRI Whale Unit - an international thought-leader in #knowledge, #research and #conservation of #cetacean fauna in southern African waters and the surrounding oceans.
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Gideon van den Berg retweeted
“Even though we have stopped hunting whales, our actions are now indirectly impacting their populations through climate change.”
Read more about the latest research by @EmzLCarroll @Gideonvdb 🐳 ⬇️
auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2020/…
ALT Southern right whale and calf
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17 Dec 2020
#Southernrightwhales can alter their feeding behaviours in response to rapidly changing oceans. A good sign! But, it still isn't benefiting the population. Here I discuss #whales, #climatechange, and the findings of a new publication in @GlobalChangeBio mammalresearchinstitute.scie…
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16 Dec 2020
New @GlobalChangeBio paper on the impacts of #climatechange on the recovery of #southernrightwhales from #whaling. As our oceans rapidly change, SRWs can alter their feeding behaviour. But, it doesn't appear to help their recovery @EmzLCarroll @LucV6 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/shar…
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Gideon van den Berg retweeted
29 Oct 2020
How does tech actually help whales? Read how the just-published #southernrightwhale #genome and #satellite tracking helps us learn about #whales and how their populations might fare in changing oceans. Pic: @docgovtnz permit #conservation #SGwhales theconversation.com/genome-a…
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Just in: Earth just had its hottest #September on record; 2020 could end up ranking among three-warmest years on record, say @NOAANCEIclimate scientists
More at bit.ly/371gTVa #StateOfClimate
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Gideon van den Berg retweeted
13 Oct 2020
Want to get a head start on R for Ecologists? Just made lessons 1-3 available! If you've never used R before, START HERE. :)
Lesson 1: youtu.be/YKvkXKeGoa8
Lesson 2: youtu.be/dPLbyWXEG_E
Lesson 3: youtu.be/dYOs0Qn616s
#Rstats #basics #datascience #ecologists #course
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Did you know that all the graphics from the #IPCC Special Reports are available to download and free to use (subject to copyright)?
📺 Watch the video on how to find graphics in the IPCC's Special Reports
©️ Read the IPCC copyright policy ipcc.ch/copyright
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Gideon van den Berg retweeted
1 Oct 2020
Perhaps the beginning of another Península Valdés situation where sea birds harass whales?
30 Sep 2020
Seagulls attacking humpback whales!? 🙈 New paper published @CSIROPublishing with @PhillyHark
doi.org/10.1071/MF20129
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Gideon van den Berg retweeted
24 Sep 2020
Mind. Blown. A Cuvier's beaked whale, an air breathing mammal, dived for 3hrs 47mins. How is that even possible?! Way to go @NicolaJQuick et al.!
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12 Aug 2020
Such awesome work! Hopefully we can start tagging some South African SRWs soon @MRI_Whale_Unit. Plenty of summer migration questions that need answering... #southernrightwhale #satellitetag #foraging #ecology
11 Aug 2020
Do you know what SW Atlantic right whales do when they leave their calving grounds off Argentina? Learn more here: siguiendoballenas.org/en/hom…
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Gideon van den Berg retweeted
27 Jul 2020
#TeamTohora set sail soon to find out where our southern right whale/tohorā go from their winter calving ground in the Auckland Islands @ScienceUoA @itsliveocean @Cawthron_NZ #SouthernOceanResearchPartnership @royalsociety @MMEG_UoA @FinntasticLeena
newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/sol…
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Gideon van den Berg retweeted
7 Jul 2020
Ah. Interesting. Killer whales Port and Starboard recently reported in Cape Town now just down the road causing trouble eating endangered white sharks! A really challenging conservation conundrum this!
6 Jul 2020
Famous killer whale duo, Port & Starboard, (probably) strike again off Gansbaai. They were spotted in False Bay on Friday and then this happened. Very informative read on the @MarineDynamics FB and website.sharkwatchsa.com/en/blog/cat…
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Gideon van den Berg retweeted
16 Jun 2020
Important new study propose that whale watching guidelines should be based on noise levels rather than distance alone. Well done @KateSprogis @SimoneVidesen and Peter T Madsen
16 Jun 2020
Controlled exposure experiments and focal follows with drones improve our understanding of how whales respond to boats, by showing that whales respond to boat noise level 🚤🔊🎵🐋 See our new publication in @eLife bit.ly/2BRBSfv
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2 Jun 2020
Do you have questions about #ClimateChange and what it really means?
Do you WANT to believe and understand (because you know there is #ScientificConsensus), but you just can't quite get your head around it?
Then please check out this AWESOME #website!
climateprimer.mit.edu
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