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'In a whitewashed corner of one of the world's coldest continents, 27
Australian scientists are living in tents and working to solve 500 years of
climate clues.
The Denman Terrestrial Campaign is a three-year research project based at
Edgeworth David Base in East Antarctica's Bunger Hills, 450 kilometres from
Australia's Casey Research Station.
According to the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), the research into the
Denman Glacier Region is the most ambitious deep-field camp the AAD has
coordinated in 20 years.
"We had previously thought that East Antarctica was largely immune to the
effects of climate change, but as we've started to gather information, we've
seen that the Denman Glacier is actually a part of East Antarctica that's
losing ice," climate scientist Professor Nerilie Abram says.
"[It] potentially has a very vulnerable set up, as the ocean and the atmosphere
begin to warm."
Professor Abram says the team of scientists are "particularly concerned" about
the glacier "as the climate begins to warm".
"We really don't know very much about how rapidly this region will lose ice,"
she says.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
