"It's for the graduate students," Tedesco explained, waving around the ice saw.
As the Earth's temperatures have continued to rise, scientists have been eyeing the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland with increasing unease. Combined, the two contain enough ice to raise ocean levels by over 60 meters if they were to melt completely. As they are clearly melting now, understanding how fast that melt will occur has a major say in humanity's near-term future. Where it stops will dictate some aspects of our long-term future.
But how do you actually study a giant pile of ice? The answer turns out to be "very carefully, and with a lot of high-tech equipment."
Marco Tedesco shows off some of the hardware that makes ice cap research possible. (video link)
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