In an effort to find the reasons behind rapid Global warming and melting of Glaciers, Scientists are turning to the rubber ducks to help them understand the process. 

The researchers from NASA have dumped 90 toy rubber ducks in Greenland’s fastest moving glacier, the Jakobshavn Glacier in Baffin Bay, between Greenland and Canada and additionally have labeled all ducks with words such as “science experiment” and “reward” in three languages. They even have included e-mail addresses along with these words. 

Scientists have long been trying to understand the way the glaciers move and speed up during summers towards the sea and if these toy ducks are traced and found, it will help them to know how water moves through the ice along with knowing the movement of the glaciers. 

According to one of the theories, during the summers, sun melts the ice on top of the glacier’s surface. It creates pools which flow into tubular holes in the glacier called moulins. 

The speed of the movement of the ice towards the coast is increased when these moulins carry water to the bottom of the glacier, where it acts as a lubricant. 

However, Alberto Behar of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, reported, “We haven't heard back but it may take some time until somebody actually finds it and decides to send us an e-mail that they have found it. These are places that are quite remote so there aren't people walking around.”