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Science Expedition to measure the polar meltdown
Science Expedition to measure the polar meltdown | Expedition to measure the polar meltdown |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Tuesday, 16 October 2007 | |
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Page 3 of 3 "By measuring this third dimension along this 2,000 kilometre transect, we hope to provide climatologists with the data they need to better estimate when, in the summer months, the Arctic will be totally free of ice. "In addition, recording the amount of lighter-packed snow overlying the ice is very important for the large-scale determination of the sea ice thickness from satellite altimetry, which requires the depth of the snow to be exactly known." Vanco, the UK-headquartered global telecoms company, is the title sponsor of the project but says it is representing the telecommunications industry as a whole. "Vanco believes that the telecommunications industry has a unique and vital role in developing a sustainable world where economic growth can go hand in hand with environmental protection. "ETNO, the European Telecommunications Network Operators Association, indicated in its 2006 Sustainability Report that if 20 percent of business travel in a major European country was replaced with an alternative, such as video conferencing, CO2 emissions would be reduced by over five million tonnes. Multiplied across tens of thousands of multinational businesses across the globe, the impact of meeting electronically rather than physically is substantial."{moscomment}
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