By Freja Cini & Constantino Panagopulos GEOPHYSICS Q&A Enze Zhang is the author of AutoTerm, a computer program that uses artificial intelligence to recognize the ocean-facing edges of glaciers — known as the terminus — in satellite images. Zhang’s terminus-recognition technology is providing advance reconnaissance of Greenland’s glaciers for an upcoming research expedition led by… Continue Reading Glacial Recognition: A Q&A with Glaciologist Enze Zhang
TERMINUS: Underwater Glacier Exploration
Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and research partners are in Greenland conducting the first ever robotic exploration of its glaciers from underwater. The expedition hopes to learn the role of sediment walls — known as moraines — in bolstering glaciers and holding back sea level rise.
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Robotic Exploration of Uncharted, Underwater Glacial Walls Set for 2023
It’s the front line of climate change and could hold the key to predicting global sea level rise, but what goes on at the underwater face of Greenland’s glaciers is a mystery to science. That could change in 2023 with a bold new mission led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin that… Continue Reading Robotic Exploration of Uncharted, Underwater Glacial Walls Set for 2023