{"id":131315,"date":"2022-02-03T09:42:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T09:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=131315"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:42:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T09:42:42","slug":"nasas-omg-mission-concluded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/nasas-omg-mission-concluded\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s OMG Mission Concluded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: NASA\u2019s recently concluded OMG was related to the study of which of the following?<\/strong><br>a) Mars weather<br>b) Earth\u2019s upper Atmosphere<br>c) Global sea-level rise by melting Greenland\u2019s glaciers<br>d) None of these<br><strong>Answer: (c)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 31 December 2021 NASA&#8217;s Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission concluded a six-year field campaign in Greenland.<\/li><li>The mission was launched to measure how much the ocean is contributing to global sea-level rise by melting Greenland\u2019s glaciers from below.<\/li><li>The glaciers in Greenland are being melted by the ocean waters almost as much as the warm air above is melting them.<\/li><li>The expedition conducted a comprehensive survey of the seafloor along Greenland&#8217;s coasts.<\/li><li>It tracked the ocean&#8217;s temperature from year to year, place to place, and top to bottom.<\/li><li>The mission thoroughly mapped out the ocean and tested the salinity of the water was at various depths.<\/li><li>It also looked at how the salty Atlantic Ocean affected Greenland&#8217;s ice melting. Satellites could only report the temperature of the sea surface.<\/li><li><strong>OMG&#8217;s first-ever maps of the island&#8217;s seafloor and glaciers have revolutionized scientists&#8217; understanding of the pace of sea-level rise in the coming decades.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Rising sea levels caused by climate change are one of the biggest threats society faces in the next few decades.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The mission found that two to four times as many glaciers are at high risk of melting than scientists knew.<\/strong><\/li><li>Scientists are of the view that the climate models that don&#8217;t include the ocean&#8217;s melting effect only estimate half of the glacial ice loss that will actually occur.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8211; Rajesh Tripathi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2022-01-nasa-greenland-mission-years-unknown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2022-01-nasa-greenland-mission-years-unknown.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: NASA\u2019s recently concluded OMG was related to the study of which of the following?a) Mars weatherb) Earth\u2019s upper Atmospherec) Global sea-level rise by melting Greenland\u2019s glaciersd) None of theseAnswer: (c)Related Facts:- On 31 December 2021 NASA&#8217;s Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission concluded a six-year field campaign in Greenland. 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