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Reunion Island to Crozet Islands

Even after sending reams of (French) documents to the Institute Polar Emile Victor (IPEV) over the past six months, I had a slight unease that I would arrive at the security gate at Le Port (Reunion Island) and discover that I was not on the passenger manifesto for the MarionRead more

By: Colin Miskelly

On: 22 Jan 2016

In: Science

Life and death among the Barau’s petrels of Reunion Island

Few New Zealanders had heard of Reunion Island before a chunk of wing from missing flight MH370 washed up on the eastern shore in early 2015. But the island is well-known to ecologists as one of the worst examples of the impacts of humans on island ecosystems. More than halfRead more

By: Colin Miskelly

On: 20 Jan 2016

In: Science