One of CPOM’s key strategic aims is to develop, test and increase the use of low-carbon methods for sustainable polar science.
These strategies include using renewable energy, employing satellites and telecommunications, using remote sensing, artificial intelligence, numerical modelling, and autonomous vehicles, platform, and sensor design.
During September 2024 a team of CPOM PhD Researchers and CPOM staff completed fieldwork on pro-glacial lakes in Iceland. As part of the trip, the team focused on developing and testing sustainable methods of data collection, including using an autonomous vehicle (drone) to conduct their experiments in Iceland.