New tech enables scientists to see emperor penguins in darkness

New tech enables scientists to see emperor penguins in darkness

Research led by Professor Michelle LaRue from the School of Earth and Environment at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) published in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation shows that high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery can track emperor penguins through the Antarctic winter, opening a new way to monitor an endangered species during a critical stage of breeding.

How do scientists see emperor penguins at night?

Emperor penguins can now be monitored in darkness A new remote sensing approach is letting researchers “see” emperor penguins even when they’re active in dark Antarctic conditions. The work, led by Michelle LaRue at the University of Canterbury, focuses on using new technology to detect animals…