SA leads climate research in Southern Ocean

THE Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) said it is at the forefront of international climate science through its monitoring missions and research expeditions in the Southern Ocean, as part of the South African National Antarctica Programme (SANAP) with drone technology being used to research how carbon dioxide is absorbed.

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Aboard SA Agulhas II, the DFFE’s Oceans and Coasts team and their collaborators are using newly developed underwater drone technology to study how the Southern Ocean absorbs carbon dioxide, currently capturing about 20% of human-made CO2 emissions.