Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Tovar-Sánchez, Antonio, Román, Alejandro, Roque, David, Navarro, Gabriel
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Community ecology; Ecology; Environmental sciences; http://metadata.un.org/sdg/15; Protect; restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems; sustainably manage forests; combat desertification; and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss; Antarctic; Deception Island; Román; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/308845; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01228-z; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003176; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033; https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85118630830

Antarctica plays a fundamental role in the Earth's climate, oceanic circulation and global ecosystem. It is a priority and a scientific challenge to understand its functioning and responses under different scenarios of global warming. However, extreme environmental conditions, seasonality and i...