Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Rubber Duckies For Global Warming Research

Posted by kdawson on from the next-time-try-penguins dept.

The Wall Street Journal has a look at global warming research using rubber duckies. The toys have been employed in tracking ocean currents since 1992; but recently NASA robotics expert Alberto Behar released 90 yellow rubber ducks into the melt water flowing down a chasm in a Greenland glacier. "Each duck was imprinted with an email address and, in three languages, the offer of a reward. If all goes well, Dr. Behar hopes that one day they will emerge 30 miles or so away at the glacier's edge in the open water of Disko Bay near Ilulissat, bobbing brightly amid the icebergs north of the Arctic Circle, each one a significant clue to just how warming temperatures may speed the glacier's slide to the sea."

2 of 167 comments (clear)

  1. Dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is a dupe.

  2. Re:NASA's shoddy (fraudulent?) work by Hellsbells · · Score: 5, Informative

    About the author of this opinion article:

    He has claimed that Asbestos is "chemically identical to talcum powder", and the BBC has accused him of basing his reputation on "lies about his credentials, unaccredited tests, and self aggrandisement".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Booker#Criticism

    He is not a credible person.