Drones and sensors might assist predict ocean present shutdown

Subsequent yr, scientists will deploy a swarm of aerial drones, autonomous submarines and ice sensors in a serious coordinated effort to higher perceive how and why icebergs break off from the Greenland ice sheet.

The GRAIL challenge, which is backed by £16 million of funding from the UK’s Superior Analysis and Invention Company (ARIA), goals to enhance estimates of how a lot recent water is getting into the North Atlantic from Greenland ice soften.