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Researching the Durango in Antarctica

The Durango Naiara Berrojalbiz will board the Hesperides for research in the Antarctic for a month and a half. They want to know how the pollution that is generated here affects the poles.

In the following minutes we will talk about a study that is being carried out on both poles of the Earth: The Atos project.
The researchers who are working on the project want to know how the pollution generated here affects the poles. Among them is the Durango Naiara Berrojalbiz, researcher at the Institute of Chemistry and Environmental Studies of Barcelona. In January, he will pack his bags and board the Hesperides for a month and a half of research in the Antarctic.

THE INTERVIEW

We mentioned the Atos project in the presentation. If it’s okay, here’s a short video that will help us better understand what you’re going to the Antarctic for.

The smoke produced by human activities, whatever its composition, rises until it is captured by the atmosphere. Then it is moved from one to the other by the masses of air, and it also reaches the poles. Therefore, the sea is a recipient of organic materials and pollutants of atmospheric origin.

To date, the impact of air pollution on the polar seas has not been too pronounced because of the protection provided by the ice. But as a result of climate change, the ice is melting rapidly. The balance is broken, and the dirt that has accumulated on the ice for centuries has suddenly begun to reach the sea. It accumulates in the microorganisms present in the water and from there, it is reaching the food chain. Researchers working on the

Atos project are studying how polluting materials reach the polar seas from the atmosphere. For this they use the research ship Hesperides. They were in the Arctic two years ago, and now they're going to the Antarctic. THE

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