AI to track icebergs adrift at sea in boon for science

Icebergs release enormous volumes of freshwater when they melt on the open water, affecting global climate patterns and altering ocean currents and ecosystems. But scientists have long struggled to keep track of these floating behemoths once they break into thousands of smaller chunks, their fate and impact on the climate largely lost to the seas. To fill in the gap, the British Antarctic Survey has developed an AI system that automatically identifies and names individual icebergs at birth and...