Tag: WWF

The Polar Retrospective – An Arctic Bird Fossil Discovery, AI helping caribou migrate across sea ice, and wildfires in Canada

Polar Journal AG Team

This week's Polar Retrospective takes a look at ancient arctic birds that lived with dinosaurs, AI that helps protect migrating caribou across fragile sea ice, and wildfires in Canada.

ArcNet: A network tackling biodiversity loss in the Arctic

Julia Hager

This spring, ArcNet became available as a framework that takes a holistic view of Arctic Ocean protection and involves all Arctic stakeholders in the designation of protected areas.

Walrus counts in satellite images validated by drone images

Julia Hager

Counting wild animals with the help of satellite images is probably the gentlest method. A recent study on walruses now shows that both scientists and citizen scientists only slightly underestimated the number of animals in the satellite images.

WWF Russia wants to restrict shipping in the Arctic

Heiner Kubny

To protect whales, WWF Russia reports that shipping in the Bering Strait and narrow areas of the Northern Sea Route need to be restricted.

Citizen Scientists wanted for walrus census

Julia Hager

The British Antarctic Survey and WWF are looking for citizen scientists to help protect walruses by assisting with a population census.

Fishing could endanger ecosystem

Heiner Kubny

Russian fisheries set fishing quotas for saithe in the Chukchi Sea in 2020.