Oceanites: Antarctic Penguin Census
For more than 30 years, Oceanites has tracked penguin populations on the rapidly warming Antarctic Peninsula and shares the data openly (Oceanites).
Image: NASA/Jim Ross (ED04-0056-137, AirSAR 2004, public domain).
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More than 3.5 million penguins counted by hand.
Oceanites counters have hand-counted 3,507,541 penguins (Oceanites).
Source: Oceanites, home page
Explain Like I'm 10
- Penguins show how healthy Antarctica is.
- Oceanites counts them every season, on foot and with drones and satellites.
- Anyone in the world can use the data.
The Five W's of Oceanites
Who
Oceanites, a nonprofit founded in the United States and supported primarily by individual donations.
Source: Oceanites, home page
What
Boots-on-the-ground penguin counts plus drone and satellite imagery, published as open data.
Source: Oceanites, home page
Why
Penguins are frontline sentinels of climate change and Antarctic A community of living things and the place they live, like a reef or a forest, all depending on each other. Glossary health.
Source: Oceanites, home page
How You Can Help
- Adopt a penguin colony: for individuals, families and classrooms; funds field gear and travel
- Explore open penguin data: use its SOAP report and MAPPPD in class
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Saving Planets features Oceanites because its work helps the planet. This is a showcase, not a partnership: we are not partners with Oceanites and receive nothing from it.
Connected Solutions
- Penguin Watch Count penguins online.
Impact Statement
Nonprofit solution · counting since 1994
Oceanites counters have made 2,100+ site visits across 250+ Antarctic locations since 1994 (Oceanites).
Source: Oceanites, home page
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Its 2024 SOAP report recorded 6,102,358 breeding pairs among the two penguin species analysed (Oceanites).
How This Saves People & the Planet
For People
Its data are available to scientists, policymakers and the public worldwide (Oceanites).
Source: Oceanites, home page
For Nature
Its evidence helps decision-makers safeguard the Antarctic ecosystem (Oceanites).
Source: Oceanites, home page
Support Oceanites
Oceanites accepts donations for its penguin research.
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