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What kind of research do these science teams do at South Pole?
by wahjiwah 8y ago
What kind of research do these science teams do at South Pole?
- kaybe 8y agoI recommend checking out some websites which explain in detail, e.g. https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/support/southp.jsp https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/support/southp.jsp > The station has an Atmospheric Research Observatory, the Martin A. Pomerantz Observatory for astrophysics, and computer systems for research and communication including Internet access. It has collected the longest continuous set of meteorological data from Antarctica's vast interior ice plateau, and it is well located for studies of the cusp region of the magnetosphere. Astronomy and astrophysics have flourished in recent years, taking advantage of excellent optical properties of the atmosphere (resulting from its high elevation, low temperature, and low humidity) and, for neutrino detection, the extremely clear and homogeneous thick ice below. A small biomedical research facility is present. Other areas of interest include glaciology, geophysics and seismology, ocean and climate systems, astrophysics, astronomy, and biology.
- walrus01 8y agoThe ICECUBE neutrino observatory, for one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IceCube_Neutrino_Observatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IceCube_Neutrino_Observatory