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Scientists investigate Arctic sea ice melt with sensors & aquatic robots

2014-07-19 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: An international team of scientists have attached sensors to Arctic sea ice to measure this years summer melt in a massive, unprecedented experiment. The study will focus on the so-called marginal ice zone north of Alaska and Canada, the region that lies between the solid Arctic ice and the open water out to sea. Scientists will use the sensors, placed both above and below the ice, to investigate the various impacts that open water can have on sea ice. Open water can, for example, expose...

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