Coronavirus Update: Scientists Sacrifice Crucial Climate Change Research to Keep Antarctica COVID-Free – The Weather Channel

At a Glance

• Antarctica is the only continent unearth so far untouched by coronavirus.
• Thousands of researchers travel there each year during the summer season.
• The region’s ice sheet is a treasure trove of climate data.

One continent on Earth remains untouched by coronavirus.
Antarctica.
Scientists want to keep it that way, so they are largely skipping annual research trips to the region or scaling them way back.
But they say doing so means sacrificing crit…

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