Scientists using robot submarines and robotic elephants equipped with electronic sensors . `` If [ the West Antarctic Ice Sheet ] were to melt completely , global sea levels would rise by as much as 5 meters , '' said Stan Jacobs , the U.S. lead scientist on the project . The projects ' aim is to study effects of climate change on Antarctica . The International Polar Year ended last month after two years of research . The year featured 160 scientific projects by researchers from over 40 countries .
Scientists using robot submarines and robotic elephants equipped with electronic sensors . The projects ' aim is to study effects of climate change on Antarctica . The International Polar Year ended last month after two years of research . The year featured 160 scientific projects by researchers from over 40 countries .