Topic 4f Part 2: How Satellites will Continue to Help Mitigate Changes in the Cryosphere
In this lecture, Andrew Shepherd summarises how satellites will help to mitigate against changes in the cryosphere. However, he also explains that we need to adapt our behaviours and act to stop climate change.
Satellite data helps us to understand the likelihood of changes in the cryosphere and Andrew discusses where there may be room for improvement in the accuracy of this data.
Andrew covers some of the mitigation techniques that are currently being researched in various countries. For example, a Korean company is developing an architectural invention is to superficially recreate sea ice.
He discusses the constraints that we need to consider when adopting and designing climate policy for the future and the practical steps we can take to reduce the risks and threat of irreversible climate change.
Featured Educator:
- Professor Andrew Shepherd
(This video was filmed remotely during COVID-19 lockdown conditions)
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Course topics
The core videos of this course are labelled as topic videos.
We have also provided a range of optional further reading, links, and additional resources to help consolidate your learning. Here is a summary of what is available:
Topic links and resources
In each topic, once you have watched the video and read the accompanying text, you will find the following information:
- Optional Further Reading: These are external links to further reading.
- Featured Images and Animations: Below the text on each video page, you’ll find the featured images and featured animations.
- Interactives: On the 'Interactives' tab on relevent topic pages, you will find a satellite tracking application showing the current location of the satellites, a data viewer from the ESA WEkEO platform, as well as a data viewer, specially created for this course, allowing you to explore a selection of data relevant to the themes and topics in this course. (Please note that due to maintenance, the data viewer is currently unavailable).
Quizzes and comments
- Quizzes: At the end of each week there will be a quizz consisting of around five questions. These will help you consolidate your understanding of new topics, but are not scored. The feedback given with each answer also will also provide you with important information.
Weekly interactive exercises
At the end of each week, we have included a guided exercise, using interactive apps available on other websites, to help you become more familiar with looking at and working with EO datasets. You will be guided through the process of searching for, comparing and drawing conclusions from data relevant to some of the topics covered in that week.
- CRISTAL mission
- As The Ice Melts, Greenland Considers Its Future - BBC
- Antarctic Glaciers To Honour 'Satellite Heroes' - BBC
- What Will An Ice-Free Arctic Look Like - BBC
- Snow cannons could be used to repair melting ice sheets and prevent sea level rise, scientists suggest
- Study Predicts More Long-Term Sea Level Rise From Greenland Ice - NASA
- Contribution of The Greenland Ice Sheet to Sea Level Over The Next Millennium - ScienceAdvances
This paper summarises the main results and conclusions of the Earth Observation for cryosphere Science Conference organised jointly by the European Space Agency, the Climate And Cryosphere Project from the World Climate Research Programme and the European Geosciences Union
