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Title
Asking the auks about climate change in the Arctic
Creator
Karnovsky, Nina
Contributor
Roberts, Warren (introduction)
Date Created and/or Issued
2007-04-20
Publication Information
Claremont Colleges Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Claremont Discourse Lectures
Rights Information
Physical rights are retained by the institution. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Description
The controversy over global warming and climate change is often argued using measurements of ice core samples and ocean levels. What can we learn by "interviewing" living creatures? Every summer millions of seabirds called little auks (also known by the scientific species name, Alle alle) migrate to the High Arctic to raise their chicks. There they feed on tiny crustaceans that are abundant in Arctic waters. Each summer, Professor Nina Karnovsky, Assistant Professor of Biology at Pomona College, follows these birds, taking her students with her. Professor Karnovsky will talk about how she and her students measure the twin benchmarks of feeding and breeding of little auks in a rapidly changing environment.
Type
moving image
Format
video/f4v
video/mp4
video/h264; video/quicktime
Identifier
cdl00005
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cdl/id/9
Language
English
Subject
Auks
Auks - Food
Auks - Behavior
Climatic changes
Sea ice
Spitsbergen Island (Norway)
Svalbard (Norway)
Ocean currents - Antarctic Ocean
Ocean currents - Atlantic Ocean
Animal behavior
North Atlantic oscillation
Calanus finmarchicus
Source
Original digital video cassette: 60 minute DVM of lecture by Nina Karnovsky
Relation
Claremont Discourse Lectures - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cdl

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