"A majority of our samples are from Antarctica."
From an outdoor stairwell of the Knight Oceanographic Research Center in St. Petersburg, the remains of the burnt Marine Science Laboratory next door can be seen below.
“What we’re looking at right now is kind of an aerial view of an 80,000 square foot two-story building. The fire consumed the roof … so the roof has been completely removed,” said Tom Frazer, dean of the USF College of Marine Science.
Workers in white hardhats and yellow vests are walking on a concrete slab where the roof used to be on one side.
On the other side the roof’s charred metal infrastructure is still intact – that’s because it was a later addition to the building so it doesn’t have the same concrete slab, and instead has a steep drop into the rooms beneath.
Read more at the St. Pete Catalyst