 Our planet is full of mysteries, but did you know that the process to start answering these questions may start at a research aviation facility? In their NCAR XR series lecture, NCAR scientists Dr. Britt Stevens and project manager Corey Wolfe discuss the life cycle of an NCAR airborne field campaign flying around the globe to solve the mysteries of the earth system. We're going to talk about a field project that used one of the NCAR aircraft to study carbon dioxide going in and out of the ocean around Antarctica. There's still really big questions we don't know the answers to related to carbon dioxide and climate change. Britt will be focusing on the science, but I also want people to understand the logistics that go into the field campaign and all the other work that's going on behind the scenes to help scientists like Britt get a very good scientific data set. I'm excited to share what it's like to go out in the field and fly in a plane like this up and down making measurements. Can I say pictures of penguins? Because I have pictures of penguins from South America.