Geologists 'go virtual' for pandemic permafrost research
Article content Working from home when your job is 3,000 kilometres away takes some ingenuity, but two scientists from the Geological Survey of Canada found a way to make it work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stephen Wolfe and Peter Morse are permafrost researchers who normally spend summers helicoptering around the Northwest Territories, collecting data from test sites scattered across the north. The duo, who both live in Chelsea, drill bore holes that measure soil temperatures 15 metres or more underground, part of a continuous record of permafrost dating back to the 1970s. We apologize, bu...
Source: ottawacitizen.com