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Drones Over Greenland Give Insight To Pollution's Effects On Melting
merbs writes Thank glaciologist Jason Box for the Arctic bird's-eye view of one of the most serene, alien landscapes on the planet. Box spends much of his time in Greenland, where he uses drones to measure 'dark snow'—snow that has accumulated soot and dust, thanks to human activity—which absorbs more sunlight and melts faster. Drone photography, then, may hold the key to understanding just how fast Greenland is melting.
Gotta say I really enjoyed the video of a drone crashing into an Ice Melt. Good theater that and having your own drone crash lends a certain level of sincerity to the whole thing. I mean it wasn't as if they were trying to do serious science or even go so far as to place the footage into proper context.
I am sure sooner or later the Green Movement will find it's Leni Riefenstahl, and it will be ok because they are good people that just want whats best for all the people who can't understand.
Why would anyone turn to a drone to collect that kind of data? Isn't it available in satellite images? Wouldn't that yield a wider, regular and more reliable source of data?
Oh, I see from the article ... this creates a "bridge" between the satellite data and his collected data ... which we didn't apparently need in the first place. Mr. Box has his calculations independent of his drone-collected data to reach his "alarming" conclusions.
FTA: Mr. Box is of the opinion that "if humans release a fraction of Arctic methane “we’re fucked”". Wow: that sounds like persuasive "science" to me...
Please, folks: can we have some true science here, and not some reporting of someone's hobby as science?