10 OCTOBER: BRAZIL: SEABIRDS & CLIMATE

In the last two weeks heavy rain started to fall all over the state of Santa Catarina causing flooding in some areas such as Rio do Sul area drained by the River Itajai. During these two weeks big waves hit the coast (waves up to 12 ft). Magellan Penguins started to arrive in Santa Catarina shores by late August which is the time when they are leaving the area in normal years. Jorge Albuquerque <albuquer@if.ufrgs.br>