Antarctic Penguins: Past, Present, and Future with Dr. Steve Emslie
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WHERE:
Shields Building, Room 201 @ CSI
Or join via ZOOM: https://uncw.zoom.us/j/6861706222
NOTE:
Dr. Emslie will be speaking to us via ZOOM from North Carolina. We will be watching his presentation in Shields 201 while we eat cookies and sip cider, but you are welcome to tune in from home by using the link above. This program will start promptly at 7:00PM.
ABOUT:
In this presentation, Dr. Emslie will provide an overview of penguin ecology in Antarctica with a synopsis of his research and the impacts of climate change that he has witnessed in over 30 years of work there.
Five species of penguins breed in Antarctica but only two are endemic, the Adélie and the Emperor Penguin. Dr. Emslie will describe the ecology and breeding biology of these two species and the threats they are currently undergoing.
The Adélie Penguin, the most abundant species in Antarctica, is also an excellent indicator species for the marine environment, past and present. This species also has the longest fossil record of any seabird in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica that allows stable isotope, ancient DNA, and radiocarbon analyses of well-preserved tissues extending from hundreds to thousands of years old. This record is providing insights on the responses by the Adélie Penguin to climate change in the past, allowing predictions of their responses in the future as we continue to see dramatic changes in the Antarctic environment.
Recent findings in the Ross Sea also will be presented. Dr. Emslie’s research is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation and collaboration with a tour ship company, Heritage Expeditions in New Zealand.
PRESENTER:
Dr. Steve Emslie is a marine ornithologist and professor in the Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington. He studies not only living seabirds, but also the fossil record of birds and their paleoecology. He first went to Antarctica in 1991 to help with penguin and skua research at King George Island and soon began developing his own research program, especially on the Adélie Penguin. Using a variety of interdisciplinary techniques, Dr. Emslie and his students have been investigating the ecology and diet of these penguins, past and present, and the impact of climate change by sampling well-preserved and often mummified remains from the cold, dry Antarctic environment that range in age from hundreds to thousands of years old. He also has designed and teaches an undergraduate course on Antarctica, ‘Antarctic Ecology, Geology, History, and Policy’ (BIO 367) and with his students has developed K-12 curricula on polar studies that are available on his website, along with blogs from his previous research trips, at www.uncw.edu/penguins.
Shields Building, Room 201 @ CSI
Or join via ZOOM: https://uncw.zoom.us/j/6861706222
NOTE:
Dr. Emslie will be speaking to us via ZOOM from North Carolina. We will be watching his presentation in Shields 201 while we eat cookies and sip cider, but you are welcome to tune in from home by using the link above. This program will start promptly at 7:00PM.
ABOUT:
In this presentation, Dr. Emslie will provide an overview of penguin ecology in Antarctica with a synopsis of his research and the impacts of climate change that he has witnessed in over 30 years of work there.
Five species of penguins breed in Antarctica but only two are endemic, the Adélie and the Emperor Penguin. Dr. Emslie will describe the ecology and breeding biology of these two species and the threats they are currently undergoing.
The Adélie Penguin, the most abundant species in Antarctica, is also an excellent indicator species for the marine environment, past and present. This species also has the longest fossil record of any seabird in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica that allows stable isotope, ancient DNA, and radiocarbon analyses of well-preserved tissues extending from hundreds to thousands of years old. This record is providing insights on the responses by the Adélie Penguin to climate change in the past, allowing predictions of their responses in the future as we continue to see dramatic changes in the Antarctic environment.
Recent findings in the Ross Sea also will be presented. Dr. Emslie’s research is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation and collaboration with a tour ship company, Heritage Expeditions in New Zealand.
PRESENTER:
Dr. Steve Emslie is a marine ornithologist and professor in the Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington. He studies not only living seabirds, but also the fossil record of birds and their paleoecology. He first went to Antarctica in 1991 to help with penguin and skua research at King George Island and soon began developing his own research program, especially on the Adélie Penguin. Using a variety of interdisciplinary techniques, Dr. Emslie and his students have been investigating the ecology and diet of these penguins, past and present, and the impact of climate change by sampling well-preserved and often mummified remains from the cold, dry Antarctic environment that range in age from hundreds to thousands of years old. He also has designed and teaches an undergraduate course on Antarctica, ‘Antarctic Ecology, Geology, History, and Policy’ (BIO 367) and with his students has developed K-12 curricula on polar studies that are available on his website, along with blogs from his previous research trips, at www.uncw.edu/penguins.
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