Satellites now get full-year view of Arctic sea-ice
Meltwater used to befuddle satellites trying to measure sea-ice thickness in summer. Not anymore.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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Scientists Can Now Monitor Thinning Sea Ice Year-Round
A new technique can measure the thickness of Arctic sea ice even during the difficult summer months
Source: scientificamerican.com
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Satellites have been used to measure the thickness of ice in the Arctic since the 1980s. But the technique has only worked in winter, from October to March, when the ice and snow are cold and dry. In ...
Source: news.umanitoba.ca
Arctic climate change to be tracked in new £13m research project
A photo of the Arctic Professor Jonathan Bamber University researchers have helped secure £13million for an Arctic research project that will track the rapidly changing fortunes of the frozen north. The Arctic is on the frontline of global climate change, warming at twice the speed of the rest of the world. Last year alone saw record summer temperatures in Siberia, wildfires rage across sensitive northern tundra and Arctic sea ice shrunk to its smallest ever extent. Now Professor Jonathan Bamber from the University of Bristol has helped secure a €15million (£13m)...
Source: miragenews.com