Cuts to聽the Australian Antarctic Division means less science at a time when gaps in data collection could be 鈥渃atastrophic鈥 to scientific and ecological understandings.聽Binoy Kampmark reports.
Australian Antarctic Territory
The federal government has announced a new funding聽package聽to increase聽strategic and scientific activities in聽Antarctica. Rupen Savoulian argues that while the funding will benefit聽science, geopolitical considerations are behind it.
Countries are聽vying for their slice of ice, sometimes citing reasons of scientific collaboration but more often it is about national self-interest.聽Binoy Kampmark reports.