Me despierto en nuestra mullida bolsa de dormir de plumas y siento todos los dolores de un cuerpo que ha corrido una maratón el día anterior. Y la cabeza ya también me duele pensando que, con mi compañera de aventuras, correremos otra hoy, y otra mañana también. Estamos corriendo todo el largo de Sudamérica en …
La Patagonia es un lugar legendario de proporciones asombrosas, de una belleza prístina y de tesoros escondidos. Un paisaje de fantasía donde habitan las hadas y los magos que
Back-to-work blues. Our planned weekend-break off our route to renew Argentinian visas, check on our floating home in Uruguay and renew certain kit items turned into a 12 day mega-break (escape?) from the running, breaking all my spreadsheets and plans for a big January total, such ill-discipline! Our bodies were screaming for break after 25-weeks …
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Servicios de ecosistemas Los servicios de ecosistemas se ocupan de los tres beneficios que el hombre obtiene del medioambiente. En los últimos años los científicos han comenzado a evaluar también su valor financiero relativo para la humanidad, especialmente cuando los ecosistemas son modificados y degradados y no pueden cumplir con sus funciones originales: Suelos saludables: …
As Ecologists, it’s difficult not to stop counting, especially when running and so we undertake daily wildlife surveys, rubbish transects, invasive species and road-kills counts. The data informs our mega transect. It is all added to our rapidly sprouting spread-sheets and shared with local and national interest groups, informs blogs and will be sent to …
With temperatures hitting 40 degrees C and set to rise as we trudge northwards through Argentina’s northernmost provinces… reducing the weight of the trailer is becoming even more important- it’s just too hot and uncomfortable pulling it to add an iota more. Plus when we stop we are both drowning in our own sweat and …
My rogue attempt at wiring up an old recycled computer fan to a USB cable for use with our PowerTraveller solar panels – trying anything at all in 40 degree heat! Works really nicely on anything from USB port voltage (5v) to laptop voltage (19v) – or i suppose you could buy on Amazon if …
Buzzing in your ear, crawling over your skin, coiled in your boot or lying drunken in a woozy cloud of rotten apples. It takes a particular personality to appreciate the virtues of our six and eight-legged neighbours. Invertebrates; the be-fanged, haired, spiked or suckered beasties, are the making of horror films and the base of …
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Ecosystem Services concern the free benefits humans derive from the natural world. Scientists have recently begun to evaluate their relative financial value to humankind, especially as ecosystems are modified and degrade and can no longer provide their original functions. Pollination: Intact ecosystems provide habitats for pollinators; the “work-horses” that