By Louis Naiman | Advisory Board Member
Oceanites is excited to report that the 25th season of the Antarctic Site Inventory (ASI) will begin in November and continue through February. ASI is the sole ongoing non-governmental science project in Antarctica and the only effort monitoring both penguin and seabird population changes throughout the entirety of the vastly warming Antarctic Peninsula. Throughout 24 seasons, Oceanites’ Antarctic Site Inventory has made thousands of site visits and collected data at more than 223 locations. The changes Oceanites tracks are significant— gentoo penguins are increasing their numbers and extending their range southward, while Adélie and chinstrap numbers are in decline across the region.
Oceanites is additionally preparing to attend this year‘s International Antarctic meeting on fishing krill and toothfish. Oceanites’ participation will be the latest event in considerable history of international engagement. Oceanites’ has attended countless Antarctic policy meetings and conferences, organized the Future of Antarctica Forum, and its efforts have been recognized by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO).
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