Cornell professor joins NASA mission to investigate Arctic glacier changes

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Published: 2026-10-12
Category: science
Source: Cornell Chronicle
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Assistant Professor Riley Culberg from Cornell University has joined the Snow4Flow mission, a new NASA Earth Venture Suborbital project. This five-year initiative will utilize aircraft with radar and other instruments to measure ice thickness, sub-glacier topography, and snow accumulation in Arctic regions. The goal is to enhance understanding of how rapidly changing glaciers contribute to global sea-level rise.

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