Thursday, 25 December 2014

FUN FACTS: Christmas Edition

Where do researchers spend their winters?
There is an essential need to find answers to our climatological questions.
In some cases the location may give your project particular importance.



This beautiful uplifted coral atoll is one of Australia's main research islands. In 2001, Marshall et al. published new data on El Nino/La Nina influences in the Pacific. The sea surface temperatures were reconstructed from corals just off this coast.
The island and its surrounding ocean were identified as one of the world's major marine biodiversity hotspots (Hobbs et al., 2009; Hobbs et al., 2010; Hobbs et al., 2012). 


In the centre of the food web sits the Islands big star:  gecarcoidea natalis   or The Red Crab
Every year, it sets off on an enormous migration to the ocean...


 http://anim.viralnova.com/red-crab-migration/


...where their larvae feed the whole local marine life, including these big guys: Whale sharks (Meekan et al., 2009; Hobbs et al., 2009):



And what does this have to do with christmas? .... Well it all happens on Christmas Island! ;)

http://gpws.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Christmas-Island4.jpg

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