SCIENTISTS!!!

Scientists are interested in Antarctica for its:

· Effect on the worlds environment
· Unique animals and plants
· Ice, which contains the history of the Earths climate; and
· Clear, unpolluted sky and long, dark winter, which make it ideal for observing

SCIENTIFIC DOT POINTS!

· They normally study the life systems of Antarctica, particularly those in the Southern Ocean
Scientists study:

· Atmospheric Science: To do with the atmosphere
· Biological Science: Study of living things
· Geoscience: Earth, rocks, nature things like that
· Glaciology: Glacia which are ice sheets) they monoter the change in sea level
· Human Impact: If humans should be allowed to visit Antarctica for holidays
Some news……..
An international team of scientists who have arrived back in Hobart from Antarctica say they have evidence the icy continent once had a tropical climate.