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Ever since writing was invented, documentation played a crucial role in carrying forward our culture and important events in history. But do not come to the conclusion that only human knows to document stuff. Nature knows too..!!  That is what I aim to bring to you here in  this short piece. Tree rings Since we cannot go back in time to know how it looked like centuries ago, scientist rely on natural sources for climate data and visualize the history of the earth.     We know that trees could live for thousands of years. During this long time, they could have experienced a variety of climates and environmental conditions; such as forest fire, heavy rains, snow, wind, storm and scorching sunlight. Tree always do keep a track of these information within themselves. Studying tree rings can reveal this information to us.  Photo: Puviarasan                                                                                                                     Location

Expedition Background  We are group of people with great interest for exploration and understanding nature in a mission to identify and map potential hotspot to spot Sea Otters at the backwaters of Pondicherry. This is a citizen scientist initiative to explore potential places to spot sea otters and educate citizens about the need for conserving such marine species. This will help us to reach out to different stakeholders in the process of discovering & conservation of this endangered species. Photo & video documentation are done with Canon EOS 77D.  SPOT 1 - Nallavaadu beach & backwater Every time we camp at beaches of Pondicherry, fisherfolk often reported that they encounter Kadal Naai (as they call it in the Tamil language), which is Sea Otter in English. Hence with the help of fisherfolks we mapped few hotspots where Sea Otters are often spotted around the backwaters of Nallavaadu fishermen village at Pondicherry, India. On March 30, with the help of loc