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- 300 scientists from across the world, including one Indian, will aboard research vessel Polarstern for “Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition.
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- Aim of the expedition will be to parameterise the atmospheric , geophysical, oceanographic and all other possible variables in the Arctic, and use it to more accurately forecast the changes in our weather systems.
- It will help researchers better understand the impact of climate change and aid in improved weather projections.
- The research vessel anchored on a large ice sheet in the Central Arctic, will drift along during the pitchblack Polar winter.a suitable ice sheet was identified before anchoring.
- It will be the first to conduct a study of this scale at the North Pole fro an entire year. Previous studies have been of shorter periods as thicker ice sheets prevent access in winter
Sources
The Hindu