Climate monitoring and research could fall victim to coronavirus, scientists fear

Health restrictions have already hit some long-term projects but routine monitoring could be affected if the pandemic drags onCoronavirus - latest US updatesCoronavirus - latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe coronavirus pandemic has stalled scientific fieldwork and may even start to affect the monitoring of the climate, scientists have warned.Major projects to gather environmental data have been postponed or canceled over concerns that teams of researchers working together will spread the Covid-19 virus. Continue reading...