1. Russian, Chinese scientists plan joint Arctic, Antarctic studiesRussia and China will have a joint symposium on March 25 - the first event in a series of meetings the scientists have scheduled
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MOSCOW, March 25. /TASS/. Russian and Chinese scientists will organize joint studies of the Arctic and Antarctic, they will explore mineral and biology resources in the global ocean, the Russian Academy of Sciences' Vice President Andrey Adrianov told TASS after the first meeting between representatives of the Russian and Chinese Academies of Sciences in Beijing on Sunday.
"Today, representatives of the Russian and Chinese Academies of Sciences had a meeting, which also featured directors of China's several ocean studies institutes," he said. "We have agreed to expand geography of our cooperation."
"Presently, we cooperate in the ocean's north-western area, and the Chinese experts are interested in taking part in our Arctic studies, they are also interested in joint studies of the Antarctic," he continued. "We have agreed to exchange experience in research and in search for underwater mineral and biology resources, in equipment for that work, including deep submersibles."
"We have also agreed to have joint Arctic expeditions with Chinese experts," he added.
Russia and China will have a joint symposium on March 25 - the first event in a series of meetings the scientists have scheduled.
"It will focus on deep research in the global ocean, and we shall discuss also means to control the global ocean - satellite technologies, space monitoring of natural hazards in the ocean, control of the ocean surface, including the upper water layers, and, of course, the deep ocean," the scientist said.
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visit's scheduleRepresentatives of the Russian and Chinese Academies of Sciences on Monday and Tuesday at a joint symposium on the global ocean's deep studies will share information and experience, will discuss scientific cooperation in research of the planet's water resources.
During the working trip, which will continue to March 30, experts of the Russian Academy of Sciences will visit the Chinese Academy's Institute of Neuroscience (ION), the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, the National Center for Protein Science, the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, the ShanghaiTech University, and the Shanghai World Financial Center.
http://tass.com/economy/10502722. Diving to new depths for Antarctic scienceA University of Canterbury scientist is using Kiwi technology in her Antarctic research to capture fascinating footage of life beneath the surface in McMurdo Sound.
This year, as part of her research into the Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area, Gateway Antarctica scientist Dr. Regina Eisert partnered with Boxfish Research to study Type-C killer whales with a new kind of remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
The stunning footage is just a snippet of what was recorded during 21 hours underwater this season. It includes, Adélie penguins, whales, Weddell seals, bright red octopus and a glowing ctenophore.
A University of Canterbury marine mammal expert, Dr. Eisert says the technology is a game changer for marine science, being safer and having a wider scope than scuba divers.
"Before this, I feel that my view of marine animals was quite biased, we would observe penguins waddling along and seals sleeping on the ice and whales on the surface, but they spend most of their lives in the water and this is the important stuff to see.
"We got confirmation of the overlap between penguins and Type-C killer whales, the ROV captured unconcerned penguins freely entering and exiting the water in the presence of theses whales, and being ignored by them" she says.
The Boxfish ROV carried out 15 dives, gathered 21 hours of footage and reached depths of 210 metres this season.
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A mission to unfreeze Antarctica's secretsFor all the staggering sights of Antarctica - the vast white wilderness and its unique wildlife; summer days with no end - it is the sounds of the frozen continent that remain with Harry Seagar.
It was the commotion of the wind in particular that struck the Blake Ambassador. Antarctica is, after all, the windiest continent on the planet.
Soon after he arrived on the ice, Seagar was compelled to capture the wind, as it howled and whistled through the Antarctic Field Training camp - polar tents pitched in sea ice where newbies to Scott Base live for the first two days of their expedition.
"It was 2am and everyone else had gone to bed, but I was too overwhelmed by everything," the 21-year-old says. "It was blowing a gale outside, and snowing - a white-out - when suddenly I realised where on Earth I was, and it hit me like a slap in the face.
"So I took my recorder outside and taped the wind. It's one of the most relaxing sounds I've ever heard. A truly beautiful sound."
And it's the sound that Seagar has used to start his podcast, Antarctica Unfrozen, to "get people in a zen zone, ready to take it all in".
What Seagar wants listeners to absorb is the simplified science around the icy
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tps://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/03/25/501099/the-mission-to-unfreeze-antarcticas-secrets4. Antarctica Unfrozen, a podcast seriesA young Cantabrian is hoping to unfreeze Antarctic science mystery with a new podcast series.
Antarctica Unfrozen, created by 21-year-old Blake Antarctic Ambassador Harry Seagar, launches today.
In February he spent 11 days in Antarctica hosted by Antarctica New Zealand.
Seagar says he's hoping his podcasts will inspire everyday people to have a conversation about the environment.
"I'm just your average Joe who knows a little about Antarctica and cares about climate change, I want to share that with the world and keep a conversation going."
The podcast has 10 different episodes covering a range of topics from climate change, to wildlife and living at Scott Base.
"The episodes are conversation style, I'm asking these amazingly passionate people why they are excited about Antarctica and how we can get others passionate about the environment as well," he says.
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