The project – supported by a UK Space Agency grant – will look at human behaviour through analysis of the carbon footprint of homes and schools alongside the monitoring of changes in polar ice using Earth Observation data.
Students will monitor the changes in the polar regions, captured by satellites, such as the image above showing a new iceberg created in 2017.
Collaborating with Dr Anna Hogg from the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling at the University of Leeds, students will be analysing satellite imaging and sharing findings with other scientists.
MELT also challenges schools to calculate their carbon footprint by using a carbon calculator: http://researchinschools.org/calculator.html
As part of the project, students develop ideas for reducing their carbon output, which they will do by collaborating with other schools.
More information on the MELT project, including details on how to get involved, visit http://www.researchinschools.org/projects/melt.html