Here it is, a week into our field season in the rainy season in Costa Rica… and we’re in the middle of a drought! While it was nice for a few days to have sun and beautiful weather for working, it is becoming concerning. Even the rangers at the field station say they have never seen an October like this! All of our bromeliads are drying out which makes finding our aquatic insect larvae challenging, and we are having to actually go and water them to hopefully maintain some kind of community.
Hey, maybe if I can incorporate “climate change” into the title of my paper I can publish in Nature! 😛
I can’t believe you have to water the bromeliads. That is crazy! Here’s hoping the torrents start up soon 🙂