The southern tip of South America
glitters at night in an image from the Suomi NPP satellite that was
captured in April 2012 and made public on March 22, 2013. Off the coast,
the lights of a huge fleet of shrimp boats can be seen, right along the
maritime border that separates Argentina, the Falkland Islands and
international waters. Scientists say this unmanaged fleet is threatening
the South Atlantic marine ecosystem by depleting squid, which are key
to a food chain that provides sustenance for penguins, seals, birds and
whales.
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