Daily Field Notes #54 + Introducing the Geopolis banner

geopolis (54)in #geopolis • 7 years ago

Welcome to the 54th Daily Field Note! Here you find the top post of the day, one covering each scientific field that is included by Geopolis. Since these authors put a lot of effort in writing a good post they surely deserve the extra exposure.

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"The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions." ~Claude Lévi-Strauss

Ecology: 1.5 million new Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) was just found on the remote Danger Islands!

Original post by @valth

We often like to think that we humans have explored most parts of the world and have a good knowledge about where we find the different animals species, but every now and then we make huge discoveries that show us just how little we now. Back in 2014, images from a NASA satellite shows something really interesting on Danger Islands; guano/poo stains from penguins. This is obviously a clear indication of penguins are living on the island, and a research team from several different universities travelled down to these Antarctic island to investigate further. What the found when they arrived at the islands were huge amounts of Adélie penguins...

Archeology: The Earliest Explorers

Original post by @agmoore

Western Hemisphere. The image is attributed to NASA and is in the public domain. The surface of the earth is about 70% water and 30% land. Early humans did not confine themselves to the land on which they were born. They built vessels and explored the ocean, without map or compass, without knowledge of what lay ahead. They began voyages, sometimes in significant numbers, in search of opportunity. In the United States, school children are taught about the "Age of Exploration". This refers specifically to the expansionist exploits of Europeans between the fifteenth and seventee...

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