
We are going to be able to follow the behaviour of glaciers in real time
Interview of Elizabeth Bagshaw, Glaciologist, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
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Season 1, episode 9
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For glaciologists working in polar regions, data transmission is a real problem. There are no telephone networks, or wifi and electricity. Thanks to Astrocast, a constellation of satellites launched in partnership with the ESA, we receive essential scientific information that reveals glacial melting on a daily basis.
For glaciologists working in polar regions, data transmission is a real problem. There are no telephone networks, or wifi and electricity. Thanks to Astrocast, a constellation of satellites launched in partnership with the ESA, we receive essential scientific information that reveals glacial melting on a daily basis.
- Glacier
- ESA
- CNES
- Climate change
- sdg
- ODD
- sustainable development
- united nations
- glaciology
- groenland
- arctic
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