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WWF Fiji Expedition Diary

Lara Hansen, senior scientist - climate change
Lara Hansen, senior scientist - climate change, traveled to Fiji in March 2007. With several local and American colleagues and a crew from National Public Radio, Lara and her team visited several coral reefs and mangrove forests to assess the current effects of climate change and look for ways to help coastal ecosystems and communities respond to the growing concerns prompted by global warming.

Join Lara and her team on a journey to one of the world's most beautiful coral reefs. Learn how WWF is studying this environment and its role as an indicator of the effects of climate change.





Heading to Fiji | Mangroves you say? | Saturday, February 24 - Here at Last! | Sunday, February 25th | Monday, February 26th | Tuesday, February 27th- Let the Work Begin | Wednesday, February 28th | Thursday, March 1st | Friday, March 2nd | Saturday, March 3rd

 
Friday, March 2nd
A few of us go for a recreational dive to look for places to set out temperature loggers. Satellite and remote sensing data are very useful but do not tell the real story of what the reef is experiencing. In order to know what is really going on we need to measure water temperatures over extended periods of time. To do this we put out temperature loggers that can record the temperature every hour and save this data until we get back out to pick them up and download the latest information.




Heading to Fiji | Mangroves you say? | Saturday, February 24 - Here at Last! | Sunday, February 25th | Monday, February 26th | Tuesday, February 27th- Let the Work Begin | Wednesday, February 28th | Thursday, March 1st | Friday, March 2nd | Saturday, March 3rd

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