world glacier monitoring service (WGMS) - global

Question 1

scale

Answer 1

global

Question 2

groups responding:

Answer 2

NASA
UNEP

Question 3

nature of response:

Answer 3

collaborative networks

is made up of scientists globally collecting and sharing data about specific ice sheets and glaciers around the world.

improves knowledge and understanding about glacial change that can be shared with other groups and organisations.

Question 4

examples: European space agency

Answer 4

the European space agency has a number of environmental satellites orbiting around the earth since the 1990’s.

remote sensing satellites that are responsible for collecting information about land, water, ice + the atmosphere.

Question 5

examples: NASA

Answer 5

NASAS ice, cloud and land elevation satellite launched in 2018 + measures the average annual change of land ice covering Greenland and Antarctica, capturing 60,000 measurements every second.