"The delay in sea ice freeze-up could be changing the way that heat is transported in the Arctic, which would, in turn, affect precipitation patterns," added first study author Melinda Webster, an oceanography graduate student at University of Washington.
"When you stab it into the ground, the basket move up, and it records the distance between the magnet and the end of the probe," said first author Melinda Webster, a UW graduate student in oceanography. "You can take a lot of measurements very quickly. It's a pretty big difference from the Soviet fi
Date: Aug 14, 2014
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Thinning Arctic Snow Could Alter North Pole Ecosystem
Melinda Webster, a graduate student at the University of Washington, used these probes to verify the accuracy of the data collected by NASA flyovers. In 2012, she retraced the path of a NASA flight, sticking the probe into the snow every few steps. NASA is planning to launch a new ice-sheet-m