Rain is coming to Antarctica – here’s how it will change the frozen continent
Bethan Davies, Newcastle University Rain is rare in Antarctica. Scientists doing fieldwork there dress for cold and glare, not wet weather – duvet jackets, snow trousers, goggles and sunscreen. Planes land on gravel runways which are rarely icy, since there is no precipitation to freeze. Historic huts remain well preserved in the dry air. But […]
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