This NASA Mission Uses Cold War Planes to Map the World's Largest Island

Greenland loses close to 100 million Olympic size swimming pools of water per year. We know that statistic thanks to this critical NASA mission.

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Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure.

[Master_Therion]

Hey, here's a thought. When the Greenland ice sheet melts, ocean levels will rise and the 25% of the world's population that lives in coastal cities will need a new place to live... how about Greenland? It will have all of that new real estate, fertile glacier free soil and a balmy coast. Make Greenland Green Again.
(yes, I'm being sarcastic)

[jesseo]

Hey look flat earthers, there's no giant ice wall.

[Gumby]

My son works at JPL and explained global warming to me in detail. We are near the "tipping point", that's scary.

[HungLikeScrat]

I love how it went from global warming to climate change. They realized just how full of it they were and had to back peddle somehow. The planet goes through cycles of warming and cooling. We have no idea how fast or how slow it happened over the history of the planet. Data we can collect doesn't even scratch the surface. Planet Earth will find a way to balance itself. Whether humans will be here to witness it doesn't matter.

[brianclemensen]

Lots of ignorance in the comments... Dont look down here!

[vojtechmihulka]

This kind of Seeker content is the one I enjoy the most.

[fossforever]

I wish people woulnd't deny science

[chantzgaming]

Very cool but I could see these being replaced by drones in 1-2 years.

[henryahlqvist]

In 1.24 why did it show antarctica isn't this a video about Greenland?

[Hollow_Nite]

Can anyone tell me what song starts playing at 2:30?

[BanditRants]

Hey Seeker, you guys looking for an extra video editor?

[ARNAKLDO]

factual and straight to the point. Very informative 👍

[kalpkhamesra]

Love the seeker videos! You guys should introduce some Seeker tshirts for us fans and fellow seekers! Would love to buy one those

[vaibhavparekh]

Hey can you do a video on what is space-time and fabric of cosmos

[koreylackford]

I wonder how much alien life they seen?

[chesterfieldtherd]

I guess it's better than letting it go to waste.

[scottnetter]

And, in conclusion, we're fucking ourselves over and will continue to do so until it's too late. Nice

[Coltsa]

Isn’t the location in northern Canada a floating ice sheet??
If it’s mass is already in the ocean then when it melts won’t it take up less space lowering sea level????

[SideNote]

I was reading stuff for my video and came to know that cold war era made both nation develop some of the most badass aircrafts till date including super spying airplanes.
Some of them were so ahead of their time their need was no longer felt after the tension ended.

[dojokonojo]

Wouldn't it be cool if they convert the maps into VR environments for people to explore and or build things from?