HONG KONG: China stated its first atmospheric monitoring station in Antarctica began operations this week, a transfer geared toward serving to observe modifications on the southern continent and supporting the worldwide response to local weather change.
Like the US, China has been increasing its presence in Antarctica and within the Arctic to discover polar sources.
The Zhongshan Nationwide Atmospheric Background Station will conduct “steady and long-term operational observations of focus modifications in Antarctic atmospheric elements”, the official Xinhua information company quoted China’s Meteorological Administration as saying.
The station is positioned in Larsmann Hills in East Antarctica.
Polar areas are “amplifiers” of world local weather change, stated Ding Minghu, director of the Institute of World Change and Polar Meteorology on the Chinese language Academy of Meteorological Sciences.
He stated the station’s remark knowledge would have “distinctive geographical benefits and scientific worth” which might support the examine of the impression of human actions on the atmosphere.
China in February opened its Ross Sea scientific analysis station in Antarctica. It additionally has 5 different analysis stations in Antarctica that have been constructed between 1985 and 2014.
