Science torpedoes show how Greenland is melting from below

Wired quoted Michele Koppes, a UBC glacial geomorphologist, in a story about improved data on the ice melting in Greenland’s sea water.

Torpedo-like probes measured salinity and temperature in the sea and sent the information back to the researchers.

“Glaciers acquire mass through snowfall but melt from sun radiation or contact with warm ocean water,” Koppes said.