Expedition to volcanic Réunion island

18th of Nov – 1st of Dec Meelis, Ülle, Aurele, Madli, Miina, Elisabeth and Diego participated at the scientific expedition to Réunion island. Despite preparation everything did not go as expected due to "yellow jackets".

The expedition was organised by the Doctoral School of Earth Sciences and Ecology. Its purpose was to give opportunity to different Estonian universities' doctoral students to explore the nature of Reunion island and collect valuable scientific data and samples. Unexpectedly, most of the roads were blocked, gas stations and local university closed, because of the protests against the gas price rise and general poverty on the island. Therefore, our young scientists could move around mostly by foot and on a limited area around their guest house. But thanks to locals help and quick reorganisation, students still managed to finish their fieldwork.

Their adventures were covered in Heureka, Novaator and Õhtuleht.