India will discuss the new research station it wants to build in Antarctica at the 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) being held in Kochi between May 20 and 30 . Over 350 researchers and officials from nearly 40 countries are expected to attend the meeting.
“The Maitri research station built in 1989 is old and we wish to have a new station there. This is important for our research team. So we will discuss this proposal and seek approval from member states,” said M Ravichandran, secretary ministry of earth sciences (MoES). But, overall, the most important agenda of the meeting tracking climate change impacts, past climate assessments and better monitoring of climate impacts, he added.
