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Thursday 5 December 2019

Rain, rain, rain...

Currently the tropical storm 06A (also known as Pawan) is slowly passing Socotra as shown below captured by the NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite:


The heavy rains are causing new floods again all over the island and roads are blocked by land slides. Following pictures are forwarded by Dr. Julian Jansen van Rensburg, currently on expedition on the island.


This vital water resources is currently just flowing into the sea... A proper meteorological network should be installed and maintained to really quantify the effects of these recently increasing cyclones hitting the island(s).


Tuesday 27 August 2019

Revealing the Population History of Soqotra with Ancient DNA

Congrats to Dr. Julian Jansen van Rensburg, after a lot of work and effort he currently managed to reach the next level:

Revealing the Population History of Soqotra with Ancient  DNA!

More will come later, great news I wanted to share...

Wednesday 12 June 2019

Socotra in Sicilia - FoS 18th International Conference and AGM -26th / 29th September 2019 Palermo Italy

Socotra is changing fast these days...

Therefore this year, the title of the next International Conference is "Socotra's pursuit of stability through heritage, conservation and sustainability".

All further details to be found on this brand new website: http://www.socotrainsicilia.it/