EdenRester@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoU.S. cancels or curtails half of its Antarctic research projects.www.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: science@slrpnk.netscience@kbin.social
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkU.S. cancels or curtails half of its Antarctic research projects.www.science.orgEdenRester@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: science@slrpnk.netscience@kbin.social
The U.S. Antarctic research program is in trouble, as canceled field seasons imperil data sets and demoralize researchers.
minus-squareA_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down4·1 year agoWell, a lot of ice, a few strange birds and no oil. So, no big deal. /s
minus-squareChickenstalker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 year agoA lot of the work in Antarctica are microbiology and weather related. My colleagues while I was in NZ regularly brought back soil and ice core samples to “mine” for unknown microbes.
minus-squareA_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·edit-21 year ago Global temperature record (section Ice cores (from 800,000 years before present)) This is amazing, if not the Americans, then maybe others will push the research forward.
Well, a lot of ice, a few strange birds and no oil. So, no big deal. /s
A lot of the work in Antarctica are microbiology and weather related. My colleagues while I was in NZ regularly brought back soil and ice core samples to “mine” for unknown microbes.
This is amazing, if not the Americans, then maybe others will push the research forward.
Not anymore.