The most accurate count of emperor penguin populations in Antarctica has been done from space. There are around 600K of the birds waddling around the icy continent. The original public writeup is on SciAm website (have to watch/skip an ad) or for those scientific minded individuals from a PLoS paper. It is nice to know that our satellites can be used for peaceful types of surveillance.
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The most accurate count of emperor penguin populations in Antarctica has been done from space. There are around 600K of the birds waddling around the icy continent. The original public writeup is on SciAm website (have to watch/skip an ad) or for those scientific minded individuals from a PLoS paper. It is nice to know that our satellites can be used for peaceful types of surveillance.

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