Experimental Climate Research Plane Takes off in Barrow, Alaska

by GRPVT PLUS 3 hours 4 minutes ago Dr. Paul Shepson, Head of the Chemistry Department at Purdue, takes off in the "Duchess" to capture air molecule samples around the northern tip of Alaska. Shepson and many other scientists spent February and March in Barrow, Alaska this year. They continue to study sea ice and the effects it will have on the climate when it melts.