Telecommunications cable used to track sea ice extent in the Arctic

Telecommunications cable used to track sea ice extent in the Arctic

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Albany CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023

A telecommunications fiber optic cable deployed offshore of Oliktok Point, Alaska recorded ambient seismic noise that can be used to finely track the formation and retreat of sea ice in the area, researchers report in The Seismic Record. Andres Felipe Pena Castro of the University of New Mexico and colleagues used distributed acoustic sensing, or DAS, to identify seismic signals related to

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