Franco-Chilean collaboration seeks to monitor exotic species on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic coasts

The project led by the BASE Millennium Institute of Chile and the University of Burgundy of Dijon, France, seeks to establish a coastal observation network to identify exotic species present in marine ecosystems and promote international collaboration and knowledge exchange. Patagonia, Kerguelen islands and the Antarctic peninsula are the regions whose coasts will be monitored by…

20/03/20240Comments

ByConstanza Barrientos

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What happens in Antarctica does not stay in Antarctica

The alternate director of the Millennium BASE Institute, Julieta Orlando, emphasized the significance of the white continent for the planet, during a keynote talk organized by the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the Universidad Católica del Maule. BASE Millenium Institute associate researcher, PhD. Hugo Benítez, and alternate director of the BASE Millennium Institute, PhD.…

27/11/20230Comments

ByConstanza Barrientos

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Podcast from Patagonia: “Bitácora antártica” invites to reflect on Climate Change and transdiscipline

The project promoted from the Magallanes region by the Patagonian Institute of Cultural Studies (INPAEC), in collaboration with researchers from the BASE Millennium Institute, is now available on Spotify, Ivoox and the INPAEC YouTube channel. "Bitácora Antártica" (Antarctic Logbook) is the name of the new scientific outreach podcast that seeks to reflect on Antarctica from the…

24/05/20230Comments

ByConstanza Barrientos

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Regional collaboration exchanged scientific diving knowledge in Antarctic waters

The director of the Millennium Institute for Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), Dr. Elie Poulin, with the director of the Millennium Nucleus for the Ecology and Conservation of Temperate Mesophotic Reef Ecosystems (NUTME), Dr. Alejandro Pérez-Matus dived in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, on a 15-day international expedition that took them to the inhospitable…

17/01/20230Comments

ByConstanza Barrientos

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Collaboration, interdisciplinary and teamwork were part of the conclusions of the first annual meeting of BASE Millennium Institute in Punta Arenas

The meeting held from September 21st to 23rd in the region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic, brought together principal and associate researchers from Millennium Biodiversity Institute of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Ecosystems (BASE) to review the progress and plan new projects. Among the topics addressed at the first annual BASE Millennium Institute meeting, were the definition of…

24/09/20220Comments

ByConstanza Barrientos