New Radionuclide and Infrasound Stations on Galapagos Islands
Not quite a conservation issue but interesting to this part of the world in the southern pacific is the construction of two international monitoring system stations in Galapagos. The stations will be able to detect radioactivity and sound waves from nuclear explosions. In addition data gathered at the stations will help with monitoring volcanic outbreaks, meteorological phenomena and more. For the full story click here