Sentences with phrase «track ice movement»

The Finnish Meteorological Institute has developed a method, based on coastal radar imaging, that makes it possible to track ice movement accurately.

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Researchers were tracking the movement of the walrus and their behaviors in order to understand how the loss of sea ice affects their foraging patterns.

To measure polar bears» energy expenditure during the summer months, Whiteman and his colleagues used satellite collars to track the movement of individual bears, both on shore and on ice.

The GPS stations have tracked the movement of the Whillans Ice Stream and confirmed a curious fact: The Whillans sits still most of the time.

The researchers reached that conclusion by capturing more than two dozen polar bears, implanting temperature loggers and tracking their subsequent movements on shore and on ice in the Arctic Ocean's Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska and Canada, during 2008 - 2010.

The researchers attached tracking devices to 60 ringed seals and 67 polar bears overall, which allowed them to compare their movements before and after the ice collapse.

Other scientists show how robotic drones, called Seagliders, swoop under the ice to track the movement of the pack and how it changes as ocean conditions change.

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NASA primarily uses satellites and specially designed airplanes to track the movement of Arctic sea ice.