by Esmoi | Apr 15, 2019 | Living nature
Everything is in Motion – An Island in the Middle of the Ocean by Martin Thiel, Bernhard Steinberger & Tim Kiessling – Esmoi Did you know that the geological history of Rapa Nui depends on two types of volcanism? There is on the one hand the Mid-Ocean Ridge,...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Apr 15, 2019 | Living nature
Rapa Nui: An Oasis for Marine Turtles Authors: Rocío Álvarez Varas, Camila González Johannes, Michel García Baral. Marine turtles are migratory animals which live in all the oceans of the world, with the exceptions of the Arctic and Antarctic. Within their life...
by Esmoi | Apr 15, 2019 | Living nature
Manu Puhi – The whistling Bird of Rapa Nui By Tannia Ramírez Medina – U. de Chile – ESMOI Getting to Rapa Nui today involves 5 hours of flying at almost 1000 kilometers (600 miles) per hour. Have you ever wondered, how then did the little creatures which inhabit...
by Esmoi | Apr 13, 2019 | Undersea world
By Naití Morales – ESMOI, Universidad Católica del Norte. The great predators of the sea, such as sharks, tunas, swordfish, bonitos and others which are called “top predators”, are all those species which are found at the top of a food chain or trophic level. ...
by moeVarua Rapa Nui | Apr 12, 2019 | Archeology
Elite Control and Exchange of Archaeological Stone on Rapa Nui by Dale F. Simpson Jr. – Arqueólogo / Archaeologist University of Queensland, School of Social Science (Archaeology); College of DuPage (Anthropology); Manu Iri Heritage Guardians; Ka’Ara...