“Ideally, we would not leave the ice—but given all the circumstances, I think it’s amazing we were able to come up with a solution to continue the experiment,” says Dartmouth’s Donald Perovich, a member of the MOSAiC expedition project board.

Dartmouth’s Elliott Fisher and colleagues say their research shows that U.S. maps “showing the geographic distribution of cases show vast empty swaths of the country that are almost certain to be falsely reassuring. … The virus is everywhere.”

In a story about how the planet is affected by social distancing during the pandemic, CBS News turns to Dartmouth’s Jacqueline Wernimont, who notes that the environmental impact goes beyond carbon emissions, and includes noise pollution, too.