#Monitoring whales from space
“#Monitoring whales from space” Brazilian polar vessel, NPo “Almirante Maximiano” on the West Antarctic Peninsula conducting visual surveys alongside a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the foreground. Credit: Luciano Dalla Rosa/Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Scientists have found that studying high-resolution images of whales from space is a feasible way to estimate their populations. A…