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 A Nasa handout photo obtained 29 March 2020 shows ripples in the surface of Denman Glacier in East Antarctica. Scientists fear the coronavirus crisis may hit projects to gather environmental data. Photograph: NASA/AFP via Getty Images
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The 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. The crisis has so far mainly stymied long-term studies, but concerns have been raised that routine monitoring of weather and the climate crisis may be affected if the pandemic drags on for an extended period.

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