Medicine & TechnologyNASA’s OMG project has started with its last survey of melting glaciers from Greenland. For the last six years, the mission has been measuring how fast the rise of sea level is.
Scientists revealed in a study using satellite data that the melting of the world's glaciers have accelarated in the last two decades due to climate change.
As a part of National Science Week, Australia now lets people experience the Hallett Cove Conservation Park during the Ice Age - thanks to virtual reality (VR) technology.
New research which the journal, Nature recently published presents that glacier ice walls are essential for the climate. This is because they prevent the rising temperatures of the ocean, not to mention the melting of the glacier ice.
The first study focuses on the Amazon rainforest. Considered as the lungs of the planet, Amazon faces the threat of drying out. The second study brings us to Alaska as one of the world's thickest glaciers is recorded to be retreating.
Currently, more advanced satellites, sophisticated climate models, and weather stations have aided in collecting a more precise data on the measurement of the melting glaciers.