Friday, 28 August 2015

NASA's Summer Research on Sea Level Rise in Greenland

Laurence Smith (University of California, Los Angeles) deploys an autonomous drift boat.

Researchers camped on Greenland's ice sheet this summer studied streams that form atop the ice and carry meltwater to the ocean, where it adds to sea level rise.





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