Scientist have unveiled a new climate change-monitoring sensor which can be airlifted onto icy glaciers using drones to measure the impact of global warming.
Scientist have unveiled a new climate change-monitoring sensor which can be airlifted onto icy glaciers using drones to measure the impact of global warming.
The device, built by experts from the University of Southampton, can be flown for miles and land directly onto glaciers which are usually be impossible to reach by humans.
The scientific team have already deployed two of the sensors in Iceland to assess melting ice and its contribution to rising sea levels.
Professor Kirk Martinez, from the University of Southampton team, said the tech is the first of its kind to examine the precise movement of glaciers.
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Drone drops global warming-monitoring sensor onto Icelandic glacier (Photo Credit: University of Southampton)
