Crazy Drone Footage Shows a Huge Lake of Melted Ice in Greenland

The New York Times posted astorytoday about Greenland ’s melt shabu , which could add up another 20 feet to global sea levels . To give us the real scope , they usedvideo fool away by a drone , capturing a huge lake of meltwater that ’s one of many . It ’s stunning , distressful , and queerly beautiful . ( Mostly really worry . )

We previouslyreportedon warm currents that are run Greenland ’s Brobdingnagian ice sheet . Today , the Times drone footage shows a big lake and river contain of meltwater . unluckily , warmer spheric temps are speeding up the pace Greenland ’s ice is melting , so these lakes and resultant river are becoming even more common . The number stretches into the thousands .

Since there ’s only so much data scientists can comb through in a laboratory , there comes a point where going out into the orbit is necessary . But this rapidly liquefying chalk field is treacherous : Rivers shape sinkholes in the control surface , call moulins . Fall into one , and you ’re a toast . That ’s why the squad wrench to laggard .

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The ten - pound , camera - fit out UAVs were used to provide sweeping scene of just how bad the melting ice has get . While the Federal Aviation Administration is still voyage the slack of evolve rule for commercial and personal UAV flights here in America , the barren area of Greeland ’s ice arena bear witness a perfect opportunity to let the drone fly .

The challenge ? The bitter frigidity , which dip as far as nearly 30 below zero , shorten drone battery life to as little as 8 to 10 minutes . lensman Josh Haner had to swap out memory cards as soon as he got those initial shots , in case the droning was later lost during the delegacy . A clang landing rounded out the leaning of scares and hiccups .

In the end , though , all was well , and some awing crack were captured from softheaded angles that only a radio-controlled aircraft could draw in off . Hopefully the footage leave researchers — and the public — a better melodic theme of Greenland ’s serious situation .

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