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Mike attended the Xth Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Biology Symposium from July 26-31, 2009 in Sapporo Japan. While at the meeting, Mike presented a poster on his research using stable isotope analysis to describe the diets of female Adélie penguins during the egg laying.
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Abandoned Penguin Colonies May Help Refine Antarctic Climate Studies - A previously unnoticed cooling trend that persisted for a millennium caused enough ice to build up in Antarctica's Ross Sea that thousands of Adelie penguins abandoned their colonies beginning about 2,000 years ago.
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