DRONES TO MONITOR EFFECTS OF CLIMATE-CHANGE AT ANTARCTICA

MELBOURNE, Mar. 8, 2023From our Overseas BureauResearchers have been using drones to map large areas of Antarctica this Summer in efforts to monitor the effects on vegetation due to climate-change, according to a new study.The drone-derived imagery is being used by researchers from Queensland University of Technology, Australia and collaborators to evaluate the fragile eco-system, particularly moss beds and changes in the extreme environment.For almost two months, the field-team was based in Antarctica, with indications the drones they piloted captured unprecedented high-resolution imagery of vegetation and bio-diversity in protected areas