среда, 31 декабря 2014 г.

Researchers Use GPS to Track Antarctica's Ice Migration in Real Time

Researchers Use GPS to Track Antarctica's Ice Migration in Real Time


Antarctica's melting ice sheets have been a major contributor to global sea level increases over the last decade, and the losses are expected to accelerate over the next two centuries. But researchers attempting to study the rate at which these sheets move and melt have been hamstrung by conventional monitoring methods. That's why a team from the UBL's Laboratoire de Glaciologie has gone ahead and connected one such ice sheet to the Internet of Things.


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