Robot Planes Getting Bird’s Eye View of Shrinking Greenland Ice Sheet

Written by Timothy B. Hurst
07/25/2008
Two low-flying unmanned aircraft are cruising over Greenland this month to closely observe the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its potential contribution to global sea level rise in the coming century. The flights will help scientists determine whether the ice sheet’s melt rate will accelerate in the future. The drones are flying out of [...] Read more...