UNDERSEA WORLD
Discovering the deep biodiversity of the seamounts of the Nazca & Juan Fernandez ridges
Discovering the deep biodiversity of the seamounts of the Nazca and Juan Fernandez ridges.
PURE The Endangered Sea Snail
PUREThe Endangered Sea Snailby Ernesto Díaz CabreraEstudiante Doctorado en Ciencias, mención Ecología y Biología Evolutiva de la Universidad de ChileDoctoral candidate in Science of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of ChilePure is a sea snail which has...
Everything is in Motion – An Island in the Middle of the Ocean
Everything is in Motion – An Island in the Middle of the Oceanby Martin Thiel, Bernhard Steinberger & Tim KiesslingDid 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, which crosses...
Diving, Underwater Hunting and Sharks
Diving, Underwater Hunting and SharksTestimonio de Testimony of Poki Tane HaoaHundreds of divers come to Rapa Nui every year in search of some of the clearest waters on the planet which offer visibility at 60 to 70 meters (195 to 230 feet) of depth. Poki Tane Haoa, a...
Marine Reserve in the bay of hanga roa
Marine Reserve in the bay of hanga roaAccording to the experts and the international NGOs that are dedicated to marine conservation, the oceans should be managed as ecosystems and not as a cornucopia that the fishing industry can harvest at will. In the entire world,...
Overfishing on Rapa Nui
Overfishing on Rapa NuiA group of scientists, sponsored by the National Geographic Society, recently arrived on Easter Island following an exploration of the ecosystems of the Salas y Gómez Islands, where it was supposed that man had not yet intervened, and Easter...
Marine Park on Salas y Gómez
Marine Park on “Salas y Gómez”The international conservation organization, Oceana, and the National Geographic Society scheduled an expedition to the Salas y Gómez Island in March of 2010. The scientific team, with their guide, Michel García, a diver from Easter...
A HITCH-HIKERS GUIDE TO RAPA NUI
A HITCH-HIKERS GUIDE TO RAPA NUIA HITCH-HIKERS GUIDE TO RAPA NUIby Sabine Rech - ESMOIEven though Rapa Nui is one of the most remote places on earth, plastic litter comes here from several sources. While some stems from high-seas fisheries, other litter comes from the...
Mana, a Seamount off of Motu Motiro Hiva
Mana a Seamount off of Motu Motiro Hivaby Javier Sellanes Núcleo Milenio de Ecología y Manejo Sustentable de islas Oceánicas (ESMOI)–Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Millennial Nucleus, Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI) – Faculty of Marine...
Where do the turtles rest on Rapa Nui?
Where do the turtles rest on Rapa Nui?by Camila González e Ignacio Petitave you ever asked yourself how the animals sleep in the ocean? It’s not an easy question to answer, especially for those animals which can’t breathe under water and need to regularly return to...
The Great Ocean Predators of Rapa Nui
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.
Ura – The Lobster of Rapa Nui
One of the most notable crustaceans of Rapa Nui
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