ANTARCTICA: Two U.S. geologists working in Antarctica hail Obama's commitment to scientific research funding
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ANTARCTICA: Two U.S. geologists working in Antarctica hail Obama's commitment to scientific research funding
- Title: ANTARCTICA: Two U.S. geologists working in Antarctica hail Obama's commitment to scientific research funding
- Date: 21st January 2009
- Summary: ANTARCTICA (RECENT) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF BARBEAU CHIPPING AT ROCK AND COLLECTING ROCK SAMPLES, PUTTING THEM IN A PLASTIC BAG SAVRDA USING PICK AXE TO CHIP AT ROCK TO COLLECT ROCK SAMPLES BOX OF ROCK SAMPLES VARIOUS OF TWO GEOLOGISTS WALKING IN SNOW
- Embargoed: 5th February 2009 12:00
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- Location: Antarctica
- Country: Antarctica
- Topics: International Relations
- Reuters ID: LVADZCMC40YL7OMCFQLODQD26R7I
- Story Text: Two U.S. geologists at an Antarctic research base hail President Barack Obama's inauguration and express hopes for a stronger focus on science.
Two U.S. geologists at an Antarctic research base hailed President Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday (January 20) and expressed hopes for a stronger focus on science.
"It's a very exciting time," David Barbeau, assistant professor of geology at the University of South Carolina, told Reuters after watching the inauguration at the British Rothera research station on the Antarctic Peninsula.
"President Obama's commitment to double the basic research funding over the next 10 years is quite inspiring to myself and several people like me because we do put alot into our jobs and require the support of federal agencies in order to achieve the research that we are conducting," he said.
"It is certainly very hopeful to have someone coming into office that is so sort of excited about science and supportive of it. It seems to bode well for my future and for the future of alot of people in science,"
said Amanda Savrda, a graduate student in geology at the University of South Carolina working with Barbeau.
At the Rothera base, scientists are studying everything from ice sheets to marine organisms for signs of how they are affected by climate change.
Obama has promised to make the fight against global warming a priority.
Former President George W. Bush angered many scientists and his industrial allies by deciding against adopting the Kyoto Protocol in 2001, the main U.N. plan for fighting climate change. All other industrialised nations back Kyoto. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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