Polar
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:47 pm
For a while now I've been pondering some of the research out of Victoria regarding polar dino's such as Leaellynasaura and what that could mean for endo vs. ecto-thermy.
(Eg: http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/3371/full, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Polar_dinosaurs)
Now I see some other Antarctic research is reaching the pointy end after a few years of plannning and development:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/ ... 337100.htm
http://salegos-scar.montana.edu/
Anyway, it got me daydreaming - forget eukaryotes - how cool would it be to break through the ice and see something like this pop up on the screen:
(Eg: http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/3371/full, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Polar_dinosaurs)
Now I see some other Antarctic research is reaching the pointy end after a few years of plannning and development:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/ ... 337100.htm
http://salegos-scar.montana.edu/
Anyway, it got me daydreaming - forget eukaryotes - how cool would it be to break through the ice and see something like this pop up on the screen: