Cryosat-2 Now Sending Data on Arctic and Antarctic Ice Thickness
The Cryosat-2 mission is delivering on its promise to make high-precision radar measurements of polar ice.
The first data from the European spacecraft has been presented at an Earth observation meeting in Norway.
The information clearly shows Cryosat has the required sensitivity to assess the state of Antarctic and Arctic ice
New Research on Antarctic Ice Behaviour
Under-ice flood speeds up glacier November 17, 2008 By Jonathan Amos Science reporter, BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7733509.stm Great floods beneath the Antarctic ice sheet can now be linked directly to the speed at which that ice moves towards the ocean, scientists say. Leigh Stearns and colleagues have been able show how the giant Byrd Glacier in [...]
