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Chill-proofed divers are about to plunge beneath the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica in an attempt to figure out how global warming is affecting the diverse array of life that hangs out there.
And for the first time, they are recording 360-degree video of the entire six-week expedition to create a virtual-reality experience of the mysterious polar environment above and below the ice.
"The aim of the outreach is to raise awareness about the unique and fragile Antarctic coastal under-ice ecosystems and the broader effect climate change might have on the ecosystems and the whole planet," Alf Norkko, a marine biologist at Helsinki University, said in a statement.
Norkko is one of three Finnish members of the expedition, along with University of Helsinki marine biologist Joanna Norkko, who is also married to Alf Norkko, and the explorer and photographer Patrick Degerman, which set out Thursday (Oct. 26) from Scott Base in Antarctica. [In Photos: Diving Beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf]
In addition to their scientific studies and diving duties beneath the ice shelf, the Finnish team members are responsible for shooting the 360-degree video and keeping the world informed through a series of regular updates, photographs and videos on their Facebook page.
Source: https://www.livescience.com/60802-explorers-dive-beneath-antarctic-ice.html
(Score: 2) by Virindi on Friday November 10 2017, @04:46PM (1 child)
Agree.
Nothing these days can just be about facts, there always has to be an agenda. Including science.
And I'm sure they're assuming the result ahead of time here, too. Their goal is to prove an effect, because they know there must be one.
Combine an attitude like that with the typical poor understanding of statistics and you will almost always find what you are looking for. Then you can use that result to further reinforce everyone's existing political belief and further taint future results. And bonus, anyone who even shows a hint of questioning this is a heretic!
That is not a good environment for humans to determine truths.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 10 2017, @08:57PM
Heretic is out of fashion. Today it is "replication bully"[1], "research parasite"[2], etc (there are a few others I forgot).
[1] https://politicalsciencereplication.wordpress.com/2014/05/25/replication-bullying-who-replicates-the-replicators/ [wordpress.com]
[2] http://researchparasite.com/ [researchparasite.com]