https://xcdr.tv/videos/watch/9ecd8a64-3170-4b89-83d4-ff6e40c49d24 Arctic sea ice is changing, with implications for ocean conditions, weather patterns, ecosystems, and shipping routes. To better understand these changes, researchers are using new types of measurements. During a field campaign over the Arctic Ocean and remote parts of northern Canada in April 2026, researchers collected airborne data alongside satellite observations. By combining the two, scientists hope to improve measurements of sea ice thickness in particular. The campaign used data from the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite; NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2); and ESA’s (the European Space Agency’s) Cryosat-2. Instruments aboard the research flights were similar to what ESA will use on its upcoming CRISTAL satellite. For more information, visit: https://swot.jpl.nasa.gov/ and https://icesat-2.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:30:42 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://xcdr.tv https://xcdr.tv/lazy-static/avatars/d7ff3488-9036-438f-95d1-547afee4fcf4.png https://xcdr.tv/videos/watch/9ecd8a64-3170-4b89-83d4-ff6e40c49d24 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://xcdr.tv/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.