How Do We Chart Missing Rivers? Ask Fish! #science #scishow #geography #newzealand

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Published on November 13, 2023 12:00:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Z6IALMfHU

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How can you find where a river was after it's gone? Turns out, the answer might be in the aquatic citizens it left behind!

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In New Zealand, Fish Are Helping Scientists Find Gold - Eos
Genes meet geology: fish phylogeographic pattern reflects ancient, rather than modern, drainage connections
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Miocene-Holocene river drainage evolution in Southland, New Zealand, deduced from fish genetics, detrital gold and geology

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