A day in the life at the University of Pretoria. 13 August 2020

On this "Day in the life of the University of Pretoria”, Tukkie researcher, Dr Mia Wege commented on the research she has done with the University of Canterbury on the crabeater seal population in Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Dr Wege, a marine predator ecologist stated that: “seals are just the means to understand impacts of climate change on species living in extreme environments. We combined Google-Earth like imagery, volunteers and statistical modeling to figure out where crabeater seals are likely to be found in the Weddell Sea – a place that is likely refugia for ice-dependent species, as the climate continues to change”.

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