Climate Change Stops Climate Study
Arctic Climate Change Study Canceled Due To Climate Change
Jessica Wapner, June 15, 2017 (Newsweek via Wired Magazine)
“…[The highly anticipated voyage of Canadian Arctic expedition vessel CCGS Amundsen to monitor and understand the effects of climate change on Arctic marine and coastal ecosystems has been cancelled because,] due to warming temperatures, Arctic sea ice is unexpectedly in motion, making the trip far too dangerous…In other words, the climate change study has been rendered unsafe by climate change…[The] Hudson Bay System Study (BaySys), involves 40 scientists from five Canadian universities and was supported by $15 million over four years…The Amundsen is equipped with 65 scientific systems, 22 onboard and portable laboratories and a plethora of instruments that have been allowing researchers to study sediment, ocean ecosystems from just below the ice to just above the seafloor, the ice, the snow and the atmosphere…A southward motion of hazardous Arctic sea ice would prevent the Amundsen from reaching its destination in time to conduct the planned studies…” click here for more
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