Team uses penguins to find ‘forever chemicals’ in remote Patagonia
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Penguins living along the Patagonian coast of Argentina can serve as living monitors of their environment by using small, chemical-detecting leg bands, according to a new study.
For the proof-of-concept study in the journal Earth: Environmental Sustainability, University of California, Davis scientists outfitted 54 Magellanic penguins with silicone passive samplers placed gently around their legs for a few days during the 2022-24 breeding seasons.
The sensors safely absorbed chemicals from the w
For the proof-of-concept study in the journal Earth: Environmental Sustainability, University of California, Davis scientists outfitted 54 Magellanic penguins with silicone passive samplers placed gently around their legs for a few days during the 2022-24 breeding seasons.
The sensors safely absorbed chemicals from the w
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