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- Antarctica’s Ice Loss is Significant Enough to Affect Earth’s Gravity Sat, 4 Oct 14, 7:06amScientists from the European Space Agency recently discovered that the loss of ice in Antarctica is so significant that it's affecting the Earth's gravity...
- Ice loss model verification via satellite observations Thu, 14 Feb 13, 10:01amEuropean satellite confirms UW numbers: Arctic Ocean is on thin ice By Hannah Hickey (via university of Washington press release) The September 2012 record low in Arctic sea-ice extent was big news, but a missing piece of...
- CryoSat repurposed from sea ice to bathymetry Thu, 31 May 12, 10:39amFrom the European Space Agency: CryoSat goes to sea CryoSat was launched in 2010 to measure sea-ice thickness in the Arctic, but data from the Earth-observing satellite have also been exploited for other studies...
- Cryosat produces its first Arctic ice thickness map Wed, 22 Jun 11, 1:53amFrom the European Space Agency (ESA): New ice thickness map of the Arctic unveiled The first map of sea-ice thickness from ESA’s CryoSat mission was revealed today at the Paris Air and Space Show...
- Cryosat ice mission returns first science data Thu, 23 Dec 10, 7:52amNOTE: The image below is NOT sea ice thickness, but ocean topography. Radar data from the European satellite has been used to make a map of ocean circulation across the Arctic basin. Cryosat’s primary mission is to...
- European Scientists Finally Ready to Launch Ice Measuring Satellite Fri, 9 Apr 10, 12:00amA team of European scientists are finally ready to launch Cryosat-2, a satellite that once in orbit will measure the extent and thickness of the ice at the Earth’s poles in unprecedented detail...