Earthwatch Institute honors Josef Krecek and Zuzana Horicka in recognition of their efforts to restore Czech mountain watersheds damaged by acid rain.
Date: 12/20/2002
Earthwatch teams working on the coral reefs of Discovery Bay, Jamaica, find that coral recruitment comes to a halt in years with severe storms.
Date: 12/12/2002
More than 400 participants from around the world attended lectures and posters illustrating Earthwatch unique contributions to research, education, and conservation.
Date: 12/6/2002
A presidential decree expands Parque Marino Las Baulas, the site of Earthwatch-supported research on leatherbacks, and blocks development near nesting beaches.
Date: 12/6/2002
Earthwatch-supported researchers studying the lesser flamingos of Lake Bogoria, Kenya, use state-of-the-art satellite-tracking technology to trace the birds' movements.
Date: 12/5/2002
An Earthwatch-supported biologist reports that the mountain brushtail possum, an arboreal mammal of Australian wet forests, is actually two species.
Date: 11/22/2002
Aviva/Earthwatch award presented to Dr. Peggy Rismiller, prinicple investigator of Echidnas and Goannas of Kangaroo Island .
Date: 10/17/2002
A newly formed lake near Lake Baringo, a study site for Earthwatch-supported research, provides a rare glimpse of Rift Valley lakes in their pristine state.
Date: 10/16/2002
Earthwatch-supported scientists in the Falkland Islands find that behavioral observations are not sufficient to measure the maternal investment in their pups.
Date: 7/20/2002
The successful fledging of a young whooping crane raised by captive-reared parents is a landmark for the recovery of this highly endangered species.
Date: 7/18/2002
Flights over the source of the flood suggests the release of meltwater resulting from geothermal activity beneath the ice cap.
Date: 7/16/2002
Award winning doctoral dissertation finds that participation in Earthwatch projects increases a team member's awareness of social issues
Date: 7/9/2002