A bordo della IODP Exp. 374 nel Mare di Ross Ross Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet history (4 Gennaio-8 Marzo 2018), con la Co-Chief italiana Laura De Santis (OGS), si celebrano i 60 anni della ricerca scientifica in Antartide e i 50 anni della perforazione scientifica oceanica
Guest post by co-chief scientist Laura De Santis from Instituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS):
This year the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) mark six and five decades, respectively, of successful international scientific achievements. SCAR, with a membership representing the scientific communities of 43 countries, is an international network of thousands of scientists who share a common ambition to carry out Antarctic science for the benefit of society. SCAR scientific programs cover geological, biological, and physical sciences and are instrumental in initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic and the Southern Ocean (Celebrating 60 years of Antarctic Science) (Read more)
Leggi l'articolo Discovering the secret past of Antarctica
Video "Birth of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet" dalla JR - Exp. 374
