Talking Point - Incredible Shrinking Seals
2,732 views · Published 9 September 2011 · 5:32 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: UNSW · 2011 · Science & Technology
Please watch: "UNSWTV: Entertaining your curiosity" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ7UO8nxiL0 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Using data recovered through the whiskers of leopard seals over generations, UNSW's Dr Tracey Rogers has found that seals on the Western Antarctic coast are now significantly smaller than their counterparts on the Eastern Coast. Is this due to changes in climactic conditions on the Western side of the continent? Dr Rogers' work in Antarctica has won her a People's Choice Award nomination in the 2011 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. For more info on the UNSW School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, go here: http://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/
