Bellingshausen Sea
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Bellingshausen Sea
named after Fabian Gottlieb Bellingshausen (1778–1852), Russian explorer
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Four of the five breeding sites near the Bellingshausen Sea studied likely had zero chicks that survived the breeding season.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2023
Researchers used satellite imagery to look at breeding colonies in a region near Antarctica’s Bellingshausen Sea.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
That’s when the scale of last year’s Bellingshausen Sea failures becomes problematic.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 24, 2023
The Bellingshausen Sea, the area along the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula where the five penguin colonies were located, was the worst-affected region last year.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
The colonies in the Bellingshausen Sea —about 10,000 breeding pairs in total—represent just a small fraction of the total population, thought to be more than 250,000 breeding pairs.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 23, 2023
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