KAUST has sent the first researchers from Saudi Arabia on a scientific mission to Antarctica since signing on to the Antarctic Treaty in May 2024. Carlos Preckler and Diego Rivera, who work with Ibn Sina Distinguished Professor Carlos Duarte, collected samples from the continent to understand how the recovery of whale populations acts as a natural mitigator of climate change by examining their effects on carbon sequestration. The mission ran from January 11 to February 27. 

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