{"id":227,"date":"2020-11-18T08:18:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T07:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/spotting_penguin_poo_from_space\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:25:45","slug":"spotting_penguin_poo_from_space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/sv\/spotting_penguin_poo_from_space\/","title":{"rendered":"Att uppt\u00e4cka pingvinbajs fr\u00e5n rymden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Vad anv\u00e4nder vi satelliter till? De flesta t\u00e4nker p\u00e5 v\u00e4der\u00f6vervakning och global kommunikation\u2026 men vad s\u00e4gs om att sp\u00e5ra pingvinbajs?! Det l\u00e5ter som ett sk\u00e4mt, men det \u00e4r precis vad forskarna har h\u00e5llit p\u00e5 med!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"5000\" data-credit=\"ESA\/ATG medialab\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2015\/06\/Sentinel-2_monitoring_changing_lands\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2015\/06\/sentinel-2_monitoring_changing_lands\/15416933-1-eng-GB\/Sentinel-2_monitoring_changing_lands.jpg\" alt=\"Sentinel-2: monitoring changing lands\"><figcaption>Sentinel-2: \u00f6vervakning av f\u00f6r\u00e4ndringar i landskapet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kejsarpingviner finns endast i Antarktis. De \u00e4r s\u00e5rbara f\u00f6r klimatf\u00f6r\u00e4ndringar, eftersom det varmare havsvattnet sm\u00e4lter havsisen d\u00e4r de lever och h\u00e4ckar. D\u00e4rf\u00f6r \u00e4r det viktigt att vi kan f\u00f6lja hur m\u00e5nga pingvingrupper \u2013 som kallas <i>kolonier<\/i> \u2013 Det finns de. Det h\u00e4r \u00e4r sv\u00e5rt, eftersom de omr\u00e5den d\u00e4r de lever ligger avl\u00e4gset och temperaturerna sjunker till iskalla \u201350 \u00b0C, vilket g\u00f6r det sv\u00e5rt f\u00f6r forskare att ta sig dit. Skulle det kanske vara en l\u00f6sning att uppt\u00e4cka dem fr\u00e5n rymden?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Enskilda pingviner \u00e4r f\u00f6r sm\u00e5 f\u00f6r att synas p\u00e5 satellitbilder, men bilder tagna av Sentinel-2A och 2B, som kretsar runt jorden, har avsl\u00f6jat stora bruna isfl\u00e4ckar i omr\u00e5den runt Antarktis. Forskarna ins\u00e5g att det \u00e4r h\u00e4r som isen har f\u00e4rgats av pingvinavf\u00f6ring (vars officiella namn \u00e4r <i>guano<\/i>)!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"1280\" data-credit=\"contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2016), processed by ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2020\/07\/Cape_Gates_Antarctica\" data-licence=\"CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2020\/07\/cape_gates_antarctica\/22158812-1-eng-GB\/Cape_Gates_Antarctica.jpg\" alt=\"Can you see the brown patches? They are giant stains on the ice caused by penguin poo! Copyright: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2016), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO\"><figcaption>Ser du de bruna fl\u00e4ckarna? Det \u00e4r enorma fl\u00e4ckar p\u00e5 isen som orsakats av pingvinbajs! Upphovsr\u00e4tt: inneh\u00e5ller bearbetade Copernicus Sentinel-data (2016), bearbetade av ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>M\u00e5nga av dessa bruna fl\u00e4ckar st\u00e4mde \u00f6verens med pingvinkolonier som vi redan k\u00e4nde till, men den h\u00e4r tekniken f\u00f6r att uppt\u00e4cka avf\u00f6ring har avsl\u00f6jat 11 nya kolonier! Vi k\u00e4nner nu till 61 pingvinkolonier runt Antarktis. Dessa nya kolonier inneb\u00e4r att det k\u00e4nda antalet kejsarpingviner nu uppg\u00e5r till drygt en halv miljon, vilket \u00f6kar det totala antalet med upp till 10%.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c4ven om detta \u00e4r en fantastisk uppt\u00e4ckt \u00e4r det inte bara goda nyheter. Dessa pingviner lever i omr\u00e5den som sannolikt kommer att p\u00e5verkas av klimatf\u00f6r\u00e4ndringarna, vilket inneb\u00e4r att vi m\u00e5ste f\u00f6lja dem noga och g\u00f6ra allt vi kan f\u00f6r att skydda dem. Sentinel-2A och 2B \u00e4r perfekta f\u00f6r denna uppgift, eftersom deras uppdrag \u00e4r att observera v\u00e5r planets h\u00e4lsa och beteende \u2013 och hur den kontinuerligt p\u00e5verkas av klimatf\u00f6r\u00e4ndringarna.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"2395\" data-credit=\"BAS\/ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2020\/07\/Locations_of_penguin_colonies\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence and Additional permission may be required\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2020\/07\/locations_of_penguin_colonies\/22158771-1-eng-GB\/Locations_of_penguin_colonies.jpg\" alt=\"Locations of penguin colonies\"><figcaption>Platser d\u00e4r pingvinkolonier finns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><i>Intressant fakta: Forskarna blev f\u00f6rv\u00e5nade \u00f6ver att uppt\u00e4cka att vissa av de nya kolonierna lever p\u00e5 havsis som bildats runt isberg som fastnat i grunt vatten \u2013 ett beteende som inte tidigare observerats hos kejsarpingviner! <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What kind of things do we use satellites for? 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