Antartide: una missione scientifica nel ghiaccio antartico per capire il nostro futuro sulla Terra

Published on 14 November 2023

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Source: ESGdata.it

Il 16 novembre, un gruppo di ricercatori e tecnici di perforazione partirà da Christchurch (NZ) per l'Antartide per realizzare il progetto internazionale denominato SWAIS2C (Sensitivity of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to Two Degrees of Warming) per determinare se la piattaforma di ghiaccio di Ross e la piattaforma di ghiaccio dell'Antartide occidentale, nota come WAIS, si scioglieranno a una temperatura media globale prevista di +2°C rispetto ai tempi preindustriali.

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