🐧Phoenix Penguin Colony
🇦🇶 Antarctica , Stancomb-Willy Ice Tongued.
Seen from Space by 🛰Sentinel-2
2026.09.10 - 2026.10.07
Link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/rqz3
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Peter T Fretwell
@ptfretwell.bsky.social
Scientist at British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge and author. Interest include Science, nature, cartography, Polar regions and satellite imagery/ remote sensing.
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@manchotempereur.bsky.socialReposted by @ptfretwell.bsky.socialHi, Peter. It looks like there's a broken link, so I'll post the article here.
@ptfretwell.bsky.socialThe worlds largest penguin colony lost half a million penguins, it is the largest no more.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr9dzy24g2l7o
@aretsch.bsky.socialReposted by @ptfretwell.bsky.social🐧Dawson-Lambton Penguin Colony
🇦🇶 Antarctica
Seen from Space by 🛰Sentinel-2
Fortunately, they haven't given up there yet 👍
@ptfretwell.bsky.socialCurrently (26 Sept 2026) there are four hurricane class storms in the equatorial Pacific at the same time. Is this unprecedented?
@ptfretwell.bsky.socialLatest paper now out www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
@commsbio.nature.comReposted by @ptfretwell.bsky.socialSatellite observations reveal five newly identified emperor penguin colony sites suggesting that colonies are dynamic relocating over long distances in response to changing ice conditions @ptfretwell.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@ptfretwell.bsky.socialEmperor penguins are moving to avoid climate change. New paper now out: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@ptfretwell.bsky.socialEmperor penguins are moving home to avoid climate change. New paper now out: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@bas.ac.ukReposted by @ptfretwell.bsky.socialHundreds of whales strand on a remote beach – and no one notices for months. Strandings can be an early warning system for ocean health, flagging pollution, disease, and environmental change. But in remote areas, they often go unseen. 🐳 🧵1/2
@ptfretwell.bsky.social🎉🎈👏🎊 Congratulations Dr Gill!
@ptfretwell.bsky.socialOn that theme, cockatoo
@ptfretwell.bsky.social@ptfretwell.bsky.socialIn case you are interested the photo is of one of my field sites on the Sibelius Glacier, Alexander Island. A pyramid tent under an unnamed pyramidal peak, a spur of the 10,000 ft mt Stephenson.
@ptfretwell.bsky.socialOut today in paperback!
@ptfretwell.bsky.social@ptfretwell.bsky.socialLoving it! 😍
@ptfretwell.bsky.socialBedmap3 is now out
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