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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Earth. I'm David Biello. Your minute begins now.
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2 .Since the 1960s, researchers have been following the lives of Weddell seals in Antarctica.
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3 .A long-running study has delivered insights into what makes or breaks a life for a polar marine mammal.
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4 .But data for this year might not get collected, thanks to the intransigence of U.S.politicians.
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5 .The seal scientists were already in Antarctica when they had to shut down the research and leave for New Zealand,
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6 .where they waited anxiously for the last few weeks.
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7 .They will scramble to fill in the blanks between now and December.
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8 .Similar studies on penguins, fish and other animals have been affected.
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9 .And it's not just animal research.
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10 .Flights to monitor the Antarctic ice were delayed, creating a data gap that may make it harder to understand how and why ice sheets are changing.
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11 .Measurements of ocean acidification have been disrupted.
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12 .Nor is it just Antarctica.
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13 .Satellites went dark, as if an alien attack had blinded our ability to watch over our own planet.
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14 .Monitoring of food and air pollution ceased.
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15 .This U.S.government shutdown may be over.
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16 .But the negative effects on science and the environment have just begun.
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17 .Your minute is up, for Scientific American 60-Second Earth. I'm David Biello.
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