Paul Holland, Author at British Antarctic Survey

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Paul Holland

Ocean/Ice Scientist IMP 3

I am an ageing ice/ocean scientist in the Shelf Seas oceanography group at BAS, and an honorary professor at the University of Bristol. My research focusses on polar oceans, sea ice (frozen seawater), and ice sheets (glacier ice, formed from compacted snow). The Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing ice, causing sea-level rise, and this has been caused by ocean melting of its floating ice shelves. Greenland’s fjord-terminating glaciers are speeding up, and their increased meltwater may interfere with Atlantic ocean currents and European weather. My research aims to understand why this ice loss is occurring, how it might change in future, and how this is related to human activities.

List of publications

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/ph/pubs.html

Biographical ramblings

All the way back in 1998, I somehow emerged from the University of East Anglia with a degree in Mathematics with Environmental Science. I moved to Loughborough University for my Ph.D., where I studied the physics of the ‘thermal bar’, a sinking current that forms in cold lakes. The project was focussed on Lake Baikal in Siberia, a truly amazing place, and I visited the Russian Academy of Sciences institute in Irkutsk as part of the project.

After that, I spent 18 months at the Met Office as a developer of the Forecasting Ocean Assimilation Model, which produced 5-day forecasts of the world’s oceans. This taught me about the astonishing effort required to produce the weather forecasts that we all take for granted. I then escaped to a postdoctoral position at the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University College London, where I worked on simplified models of glacial meltwater which flows along the base of Antarctic ice shelves.

This work neatly led to my current research at BAS, which I joined way back in 2005. I have used many research tools over the years, including complicated numerical models and simple physical theories. I have also pursued studies that rely entirely on observations or laboratory experiments, and long ago I joined a research cruise to the Bellingshausen Sea (during which I wrote a blog).

Rather than identifying as an ‘oceanographer’, ‘modeller’, ‘physicist’, ‘climate scientist’, ‘mathematician’, etc. I’d like to just be a general scientist that tries to address important ice and ocean questions by whatever means are needed. This usually means working with other scientists with different expertise, and it turns out I enjoy that part. Some people just radiate clarity, and I am always happy to be near one of those. For me there is a strong aesthetic quality to good science, and there is nothing I like better than to see a game-changing result presented in a neat way. I also like to have a bit of a laugh during work hours, which is lucky because the modern scientific life seems to throw up plenty of amusing situations.

Chronology

2020-present Individual Merit Scientist, British Antarctic Survey
2019-present Honorary Professor, University of Bristol
2016-2022 Honorary Lecturer, University of East Anglia
2015-2022 Visiting Fellow, University of Southampton
2015-2020 Shelf Seas Group Leader, British Antarctic Survey
2010-2015 Ocean Modeller, British Antarctic Survey
2009-2012 Associate Lecturer, Open University
2005-2010 Ice-Ocean Modeller, British Antarctic Survey
2003-2005 Post-doctoral Researcher, CPOM, University College London
2001-2003 Ocean Model Development Scientist, Met Office
1998-2001 Ph.D., Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University
1995-1998 B.Sc. Maths with Environmental Science, University of East Anglia

Ph.D. Students I have suffered

2023-present   Emma Cameron (St Andrews)
2022-present   Katie Lowery (BAS/Leeds)
2022-present   Katherine Turner (BAS/Southampton)
2021-2025 Joséphine Anselin (BAS/Cambridge)
2020-2025 Emma White (Northumbria)
2019-2023 Will Scott (Imperial)
2019-2023 Jo Zanker (BAS/Southampton)
2017-2021 Leo Middleton (Cambridge)
2016-2021 Rachael Sanders (BAS/Southampton)
2016-2020 Lianne Harrison (BAS/UEA)
2016-2020 David Bett (BAS/Southampton)
2015-2019 Rebecca Frew (Reading)
2014-2018 Erik Mackie (Bristol)
2014-2018 Ben Yeager (Imperial)
2014-2018 Ryan Patmore (BAS/Southampton)
2013-2017   Heather Regan (BAS/Cardiff)
2012-2017   Mohamed Elmaghrbi (Nottingham)
2011-2014   Jim Jordan (BAS/Imperial)
2010-2014 Tom Millgate (BAS/Oxford)
2010-2013   Alek Petty (University College London)
2008-2012 Carl Gladish (New York University)

Postdocs who have suffered me

2025-present Christina Schmidt
2025-present Josué Martínez-Moreno
2023-present Birgit Rogalla
2023-present Yavor Kostov
2023-present Tarkan Bilge
2021-present Michael Haigh
2020-present David Bett
2020-2024 Felipe Gómez-Valdivia
2020-2023 Kaitlin Naughten
2019-2022 Stefanie Mack
2019-2022 Antony Siahaan
2019-2020 Louis Couston
2018-2019 Erik Mackie
2018-2020 Ryan Patmore
2017-2022 Caroline Holmes
2015-2017 Jim Jordan
2014-2016 Joakim Kjellsson
2013-2021 Sudipta Goswami
2013-2021 Ruth Mugford
2012-2013 Marius Årthun
2012-2013 Nicolas Bruneau
2011-2013 Jan De Rydt
2010-2014 Toshi Kimura
2009-2012 Clare Enright

List of publications

The below link just takes you to the NORA database. For a better list, with PDFs, see http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/ph/pubs.html

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2026

Vancoppenolle, Martin. Jourdain, Nicolas C. Fichefet, Thierry. Fraser, Alexander D. Massonnet, François. Mathiot, Pierre. Madec, Gurvan. Mehlmann, Carolin. Abelló, Anna Olivé. Atwater, Daniel P. Berthet, Sarah. Billy, Clément. Brearley, Alex . Delfieu, Jacquemine. Kostov, Yavor. Lemaire, Eva. Marson, Juliana M. Petit, Joël. Pirlet, Noé. Wongpan, Pat. Burgard, Clara. de Lavergne, Casimir. Holland, Paul R. . Hutchinson, Katherine. Noël, Matthias. Ortega, Élise. Piedagnel, Evéa. Rampal, Pierre. Ridley, Jeff. Rousset, Clément. Sallée, Jean-Baptiste. Thomas, Max. (2026) Why Icebergs and their Interactions with Sea Ice Should Be Included in Earth System Models? [Meeting Report].

Haigh, Michael . Holland, Paul R. . Caton Harrison, Thomas . Dutrieux, Pierre . (2026) Wind‐Driven Coastal Polynya Variability Drives Decadal Ice‐Shelf Melt Variability in the Amundsen Sea.

Kostov, Yavor . Holland, Paul R. . Hogan, Kelly A. . Smith, James A. . Jourdain, Nicolas C. . Mathiot, Pierre. Olivé Abelló, Anna . Fleming, Andrew H. . Meijers, Andrew J.S. . (2026) Modelled dynamics of floating and grounded icebergs, with application to the Amundsen Sea.

2025

Schmidt, Gavin A. . Mankoff, Kenneth D. . Bamber, Jonathan L. . Burgard, Clara . Carroll, Dustin. Chandler, David M. . Coulon, Violaine . Davison, Benjamin J. . England, Matthew H. Holland, Paul . Jourdain, Nicolas C. . Li, Qian. Marson, Juliana M. . Mathiot, Pierre. McMahon, Clive R. Moon, Twila A. . Mottram, Ruth . Nowicki, Sophie . Olivé Abelló, Anna . Pauling, Andrew G. Rackow, Thomas . Ringeisen, Damien . (2025) Datasets and protocols for including anomalous freshwater from melting ice sheets in climate simulations [Development and technical paper].

Lowery, Katie . Dutrieux, Pierre . Holland, Paul R. . Hogg, Anna E. Gourmelen, Noel. Wallis, Benjamin J. (2025) Spatio-temporal melt and basal channel evolution on Pine Island Glacier ice shelf from CryoSat-2.

Abelló, Anna Olivé. Mathiot, Pierre. Jourdain, Nicolas C. Kostov, Yavor. Holland, Paul R. . Gascoin, Simon. Rousset, Clement. (2025) Iceberg Grounding Enhances the Release of Freshwater on the Antarctic Continental Shelf.

Dalaiden, Quentin . Goosse, Hugues . Holland, Paul R. . Barthelemy, Antoine. (2025) Dynamical reconstruction of Southern Ocean and Antarctic climate variability since 1700.

Anselin, J. . Nicholls, K.W. . Holland, P.R. . Taylor, J.R. Østerhus, S. Makinson, K. . (2025) Basal melt rate variability and tidal current vertical structure from observations beneath Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica.

Wang, Xingchi . Silvano, Alessandro . Firing, Yvonne . Fernández Castro, Bieito . Spingys, Carl P. Dotto, Tiago S. . Clement, Louis . Holland, Paul R. . Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. (2025) Turbulent vertical heat flux under Antarctic on-shelf sea ice intensified by the Amundsen Sea Undercurrent.

Turner, K.A. . Naughten, K.A. . Holland, P.R. . Naveira Garabato, A.C. (2025) Modeled centennial ocean warming in the Amundsen Sea driven by thermodynamic atmospheric changes, not winds.

Diamond, Rachel . Sime, Louise C. . Schroeder, David . Jackson, Laura C. Holland, Paul R. . de Asenjo, Eduardo Alastrué . Bellomo, Katinka . Danabasoglu, Gokhan . Hu, Aixue . Jungclaus, Johann . Montoya, Marisa . Meccia, Virna L. . Saenko, Oleg A. . Swingedouw, Didier . (2025) A Weakened AMOC Could Cause Southern Ocean Temperature and Sea‐Ice Change on Multidecadal Timescales.

Gourmelen, N. . Jakob, L. . Holland, P.R. . Dutrieux, P. . Goldberg, D. Bevan, S. . Luckman, A. . Malczyk, G. (2025) The influence of subglacial lake discharge on Thwaites Glacier ice-shelf melting and grounding-line retreat.

Heorton, Harold . Tsamados, Michel . Landy, Jack . Holland, Paul R. . (2025) Observationally constrained estimates of the annual Arctic sea-ice volume budget 2010–2022.

2024

Holmes, Caroline R. . Bracegirdle, Thomas J. . Holland, Paul R. . Stroeve, Julienne. Wilkinson, Jeremy . (2024) Brief communication: New perspectives on the skill of modelled sea ice trends in light of recent Antarctic sea ice loss.

Collins, Matthew. Beverley, Jonathan D. Bracegirdle, Thomas J. . Catto, Jennifer. McCrystall, Michelle. Dittus, Andrea. Freychet, Nicolas. Grist, Jeremy . Hegerl, Gabriele C. Holland, Paul R. . Holmes, Caroline . Josey, Simon A. . Joshi, Manoj. Hawkins, Ed. Lo, Eunice. Lord, Natalie. Mitchell, Dann. Monerie, Paul-Arthur. Priestley, Matthew D. K. Scaife, Adam. Screen, James. Senior, Natasha. Sexton, David. Shuckburgh, Emily. Siegert, Stefan. Simpson, Charles. Stephenson, David B. Sutton, Rowan. Thompson, Vikki. Wilcox, Laura J. Woollings, Tim. (2024) Emerging signals of climate change from the equator to the poles: new insights into a warming world.

Twelves, A.G. Goldberg, D.N. Holland, P.R. . Henley, S.F. Mazloff, M.R. Jones, D.C. . (2024) Chlorophyll Production in the Amundsen Sea Boosts Heat Flux to Atmosphere and Weakens Heat Flux to Ice Shelves.

Dalaiden, Quentin. Abram, Nerilie J. Goosse, Hugues. Holland, Paul R. . O'Connor, Gemma K. Topál, Dániel. (2024) Multi-Decadal Variability of Amundsen Sea Low Controlled by Natural Tropical and Anthropogenic Drivers.

Anselin, J. . Holland, P.R. . Jenkins, A. Taylor, J.R. (2024) Ice Base Slope Effects on the Turbulent Ice Shelf–Ocean Boundary Current.

Haigh, Michael . Holland, Paul R. . (2024) Decadal variability of ice-shelf melting in the Amundsen Sea driven by sea-ice freshwater fluxes.

Cheng, C. Jenkins, A. . Holland, P.R. . Wang, Z. Dong, J. Liu, C. (2024) Ice shelf basal channel shape determines channelized ice-ocean interactions.

Bradley, Alexander T. . Bett, David T. . Holland, Paul R. . Williams, C. Rosie . Arthern, Robert J. . De Rydt, Jan. (2024) A framework for estimating the anthropogenic part of Antarctica’s sea level contribution in a synthetic setting.

O'Connor, Gemma K. Holland, Paul R. . Steig, Eric J. Dutrieux, Pierre . Hakim, Gregory J. (2024) Characteristics and rarity of the strong 1940s westerly wind event over the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica.

Zanker, Joanna C. . Young, Emma . Holland, Paul R. . Haigh, Ivan D. Brickle, Paul. (2024) Oceanographic Variability in Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, and Its Implications for Glacier Retreat.

2023

Sanders, R.N.C. . Meijers, A.J.S. . Holland, P.R. . Naveira Garabato, A.C. (2023) Sea Ice‐Driven Variability in the Pacific Subantarctic Mode Water Formation Regions.

Drijfhout, S.S. Bull, C.Y.S. Hewitt, H. Holland, P.R. . Jenkins, A. Mathiot, P. Garabato, A.N. (2023) An Amundsen Sea source of decadal temperature changes on the Antarctic continental shelf.

Naughten, Kaitlin A. . Holland, Paul R. . De Rydt, Jan. (2023) Unavoidable future increase in West Antarctic ice-shelf melting over the twenty-first century.

Himmich, K. Vancoppenolle, M. Madec, G. Sallée, J-B. Holland, P.R. . Lebrun, M. (2023) Drivers of Antarctic sea ice advance.

Goldberg, Daniel N. Twelves, Andrew G. Holland, Paul R. . Wearing, Martin G. (2023) The non‐local impacts of Antarctic subglacial runoff.

Thomas, Max. Ridley, Jeff K. Smith, Inga J. Stevens, David P. Holland, Paul R. . Mackie, Shona. (2023) Future Response of Antarctic Continental Shelf Temperatures to Ice Shelf Basal Melting and Calving.

Lambert, Erwin. Jüling, André. van de Wal, Roderik S. W. Holland, Paul R. . (2023) Modelling Antarctic ice shelf basal melt patterns using the one-layer Antarctic model for dynamical downscaling of ice–ocean exchanges (LADDIE v1.0).

Zhou, Shenjie . Meijers, Andrew J.S. . Meredith, Michael P. . Abrahamsen, E. Povl . Holland, Paul R. . Silvano, Alessandro. Sallée, Jean-Baptiste. Østerhus, Svein. (2023) Slowdown of Antarctic Bottom Water export driven by climatic wind and sea ice changes.

Bett, David T. . Bradley, Alexander T. . Williams, C. Rosie . Holland, Paul R. . Arthern, Robert J. . Goldberg, Daniel N. (2023) Coupled ice–ocean interactions during future retreat of West Antarctic ice streams in the Amundsen Sea sector.

Haigh, Michael . Holland, Paul R. . Jenkins, Adrian. (2023) The Influence of Bathymetry Over Heat Transport Onto the Amundsen Sea Continental Shelf.

Bradley, Alexander T. . De Rydt, Jan. Bett, David T. . Dutrieux, Pierre . Holland, Paul R. . (2023) The ice dynamic and melting response of Pine Island Ice Shelf to calving.

Holland, Paul R. . Bevan, Suzanne L. Luckman, Adrian J. (2023) Strong Ocean Melting Feedback During the Recent Retreat of Thwaites Glacier.

Gómez‐Valdivia, Felipe . Holland, Paul . Siahaan, Antony. Dutrieux, Pierre . Young, Emma . (2023) Projected West Antarctic Ocean Warming Caused by an Expansion of the Ross Gyre.

Davison, Benjamin J. Hogg, Anna E. Rigby, Richard. Veldhuijsen, Sanne. van Wessem, Jan Melchior. van den Broeke, Michiel R. Holland, Paul R. . Selley, Heather L. Dutrieux, Pierre . (2023) Sea level rise from West Antarctic mass loss significantly modified by large snowfall anomalies.

Scott, William I. Kramer, Stephan C. Holland, Paul R. . Nicholls, Keith W. . Siegert, Martin J. Piggott, Matthew D. (2023) Towards a fully unstructured ocean model for ice shelf cavity environments: Model development and verification using the Firedrake finite element framework.

Wang, J. Luo, H. Yu, L. Li, X. Holland, P.R. . Yang, Q. (2023) The impacts of combined SAM and ENSO on seasonal Antarctic sea ice changes.

2022

Holland, Paul R. . O'Connor, Gemma K. Bracegirdle, Thomas J. . Dutrieux, Pierre . Naughten, Kaitlin A. . Steig, Eric J. Schneider, David P. Jenkins, Adrian. Smith, James A. . (2022) Anthropogenic and internal drivers of wind changes over the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica, during the 20th and 21st centuries.

Silvano, Alessandro. Holland, Paul R. . Naughten, Kaitlin A. . Dragomir, Oana. Dutrieux, Pierre . Jenkins, Adrian. Si, Yidongfang. Stewart, Andrew L. Peña Molino, Beatriz. Janzing, Gregor W. Dotto, Tiago S. Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. (2022) Baroclinic Ocean Response to Climate Forcing Regulates Decadal Variability of Ice‐Shelf Melting in the Amundsen Sea.

Patmore, Ryan D. . Holland, Paul R. . Vreugdenhil, Catherine A. Jenkins, Adrian. Taylor, John R. (2022) Turbulence in the ice shelf–ocean boundary current and its sensitivity to model resolution.

Vreugdenhil, Catherine A. Taylor, John R. Davis, Peter E.D. . Nicholls, Keith W. . Holland, Paul R. . Jenkins, Adrian. (2022) The Ocean Boundary Layer beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf: Insights from Large-Eddy Simulations with a Near-Wall Model.

Bradley, A.T. . Bett, D.T. . Dutrieux, P. . De Rydt, J. Holland, P.R. . (2022) The influence of Pine Island Ice Shelf calving on basal melting.

Li, Xuewei. Yang, Qinghua. Yu, Lejiang. Holland, Paul . Min, Chao. Mu, Longjiang. Chen, Dake. (2022) Unprecedented Arctic sea ice thickness loss and multiyear-ice volume export through Fram Strait during 2010-2011.

Goldberg, D.N. Holland, P.R. . (2022) The relative impacts of initialization and climate forcing in coupled ice sheet‐ocean modeling application to Pope, Smith and Kohler glaciers.

Holmes, C.R. . Bracegirdle, T.J. . Holland, P.R. . (2022) Antarctic sea ice projections constrained by historical ice cover and future global temperature change.

Naughten, Kaitlin A. . Holland, Paul R. . Dutrieux, Pierre . Kimura, Satoshi. Bett, David T. . Jenkins, Adrian. (2022) Simulated twentieth-century ocean warming in the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica.

Harrison, Lianne C. . Holland, Paul R. . Heywood, Karen J. Nicholls, Keith W. . Brisbourne, Alex M. . (2022) Sensitivity of melting, freezing and marine ice beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf to changes in ocean forcing.

Durand, Gaël. van den Broeke, Michiel R. Le Cozannet, Goneri. Edwards, Tamsin L. Holland, Paul R. . Jourdain, Nicolas C. Marzeion, Ben. Mottram, Ruth. Nicholls, Robert J. Pattyn, Frank. Paul, Frank. Slangen, Aimée B.A. Winkelmann, Ricarda. Burgard, Clara. van Calcar, Caroline J. Barré, Jean-Baptiste. Bataille, Amélie. Chapuis, Anne. (2022) Sea-level rise: From global perspectives to local services.

2021

Smith, Robin S. Mathiot, Pierre. Siahaan, Antony. Lee, Victoria. Cornford, Stephen L. Gregory, Jonathan M. Payne, Antony J. Jenkins, Adrian . Holland, Paul R. . Ridley, Jeff K. Jones, Colin G. (2021) Coupling the U.K. Earth System Model to dynamic models of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.

Li, Xichen. Cai, Wenju. Meehl, Gerald A. Chen, Dake. Yuan, Xiaojun. Raphael, Marilyn. Holland, David M. Ding, Qinghua. Fogt, Ryan L. Markle, Bradley R. Wang, Guojian. Bromwich, David H. Turner, John . Xie, Shang-Ping. Steig, Eric J. Gille, Sarah T. Xiao, Cunde. Wu, Bingyi. Lazzara, Matthew A. Chen, Xianyao. Stammerjohn, Sharon. Holland, Paul R. . Holland, Marika M. Cheng, Xiao. Price, Stephen F. Wang, Zhaomin. Bitz, Cecilia M. Shi, Jiuxin. Gerber, Edwin P. Liang, Xi. Goosse, Hugues. Yoo, Changhyun. Ding, Minghu. Geng, Lei. Xin, Meijiao. Li, Chuanjin. Dou, Tingfeng. Liu, Chengyan. Sun, Weijun. Wang, Xinyue. Song, Chentao. (2021) Tropical teleconnection impacts on Antarctic climate changes.

Naughten, Kaitlin A. . De Rydt, Jan. Rosier, Sebastian H.R. Jenkins, Adrian. Holland, Paul R. . Ridley, Jeff K. (2021) Two-timescale response of a large Antarctic ice shelf to climate change.

Couston, Louis-Alexandre . Hester, Eric. Favier, Benjamin. Taylor, John R. Holland, Paul R. . Jenkins, Adrian . (2021) Topography generation by melting and freezing in a turbulent shear flow.

Bull, Christopher Y.S. . Jenkins, Adrian . Jourdain, Nicolas C. Vaňková, Irena . Holland, Paul R. . Mathiot, Pierre. Hausmann, Ute. Sallée, Jean-Baptiste. (2021) Remote control of Filchner‐Ronne Ice Shelf melt rates by the Antarctic Slope Current.

2020

Middleton, Leo . Vreugdenhil, Catherine A. Holland, Paul R. . Taylor, John R. (2020) Numerical simulations of melt-driven double-diffusive fluxes in a turbulent boundary layer beneath an ice shelf.

Silvano, Alessandro. Foppert, Annie. Rintoul, Stephen R. Holland, Paul R. . Tamura, Takeshi. Kimura, Noriaki. Castagno, Pasquale. Falco, Pierpaolo. Budillon, Giorgio. Haumann, F. Alexander . Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. Macdonald, Alison M. (2020) Recent recovery of Antarctic Bottom Water formation in the Ross Sea driven by climate anomalies.

Bett, David T. . Holland, Paul R. . Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. Jenkins, Adrian . Dutrieux, Pierre. Kimura, Satoshi. Fleming, Andrew . (2020) The impact of the Amundsen Sea freshwater balance on ocean melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Schultz, C. Doney, S. C. Zhang, W G. Regan, H. Holland, P. . Meredith, M.P. . Stammerjohn, S. (2020) Modeling of the Influence of Sea Ice Cycle and Langmuir Circulation on the Upper Ocean Mixed Layer Depth and Freshwater Distribution at the West Antarctic Peninsula.

Dotto, Tiago S. Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. Wåhlin, Anna K. Bacon, Sheldon . Holland, Paul . Kimura, Satoshi. Tsamados, Michel. Herraiz‐Borreguero, Laura. Kalén, Ola. Jenkins, Adrian . (2020) Control of the oceanic heat content of the Getz‐Dotson Trough, Antarctica, by the Amundsen Sea Low.

Brisbourne, Alex . Kulessa, Bernd. Hudson, Thomas . Harrison, Lianne . Holland, Paul . Luckman, Adrian. Bevan, Suzanne. Ashmore, David. Hubbard, Bryn. Pearce, Emma. White, James. Booth, Adam. Nicholls, Keith . Smith, Andrew . (2020) An updated seabed bathymetry beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula.

Géraud, Baudouin M.M. Neufeld, Jerome A. Holland, Paul R. . Grae Worster, M. (2020) Permeability measurements using oscillatory flows.

2019

Patmore, Ryan D. . Holland, Paul R. . Munday, David R. . Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. Stevens, David P. Meredith, Michael P. . (2019) Topographic control of Southern Ocean gyres and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: a barotropic perspective.

Dotto, Tiago S. Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. Bacon, Sheldon . Holland, Paul R. . Kimura, Satoshi. Firing, Yvonne L. . Tsamados, Michel. Wåhlin, Anna K. Jenkins, Adrian . (2019) Wind-driven processes controlling oceanic heat delivery to the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica.

Frew, R.C. Feltham, D.L. Holland, P.R. . Petty, A.A. (2019) Sea ice – ocean feedbacks in the Antarctic shelf seas.

Holland, Paul R. . Bracegirdle, Thomas J. . Dutrieux, Pierre. Jenkins, Adrian . Steig, Eric J. (2019) West Antarctic ice loss influenced by internal climate variability and anthropogenic forcing.

Naughten, Kaitlin . Jenkins, Adrian . Holland, Paul . Mugford, Ruth. Nicholls, Keith . Munday, Dave . (2019) Modeling the influence of the Weddell Polynya on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf cavity.

Naveira Garabato, A.C. Dotto, T.S. Hooley, J. Bacon, Sheldon . Tsamados, M. Ridout, A. Frajka-Williams, Eleanor . Herraiz‐Borreguero, L. Holland, Paul R. . Heorton, H.D.B.S. Meredith, Michael P. . (2019) Phased response of the subpolar Southern Ocean to changes in circumpolar winds.

Holmes, Caroline R. . Holland, Paul R. . Bracegirdle, Thomas J. . (2019) Compensating biases and a noteworthy success in the CMIP5 representation of Antarctic sea ice processes.

Cerovečki, Ivana. Meijers, Andrew J.S. . Mazloff, Matthew R. Gille, Sarah T. Tamsitt, Veronica M. Holland, Paul R. . (2019) The effects of enhanced sea ice export from the Ross Sea on recent cooling and freshening of the Southeast Pacific.

Cheng, Chen. Jenkins, Adrian . Holland, Paul . Wang, Zhaomin. Liu, Chengyan. Xia, Ruibin. (2019) Responses of sub-ice platelet layer thickening rate and frazil-ice concentration to variations in ice-shelf water supercooling in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

2018

Meredith, Michael . Sundfjord, Arild. Henson, Stephanie. Meijers, Andrew . Murphy, Eugene . Bellerby, Richard. Daase, Malin. Cottier, Finlo. Belchier, Mark . Chierici, Melissa. Ellingsen, Ingrid. Falk-Petersen, Stig. Hill, Simeon . Holland, Paul . Tarling, Geraint . Trathan, Phil . Turner, John . Wilkinson, Jeremy . Batchellier, Layla. Capper, Linda. Oliver, Jamie. (2018) The state of the polar oceans 2018: making sense of our changing world.

Dotto, Tiago S. Naveira Garabato, Alberto. Bacon, Sheldon . Tsamados, Michel. Holland, Paul R. . Hooley, Jack. Frajka-Williams, Eleanor . Ridout, Andy. Meredith, Michael P. . (2018) Variability of the Ross Gyre, Southern Ocean: drivers and responses revealed by satellite altimetry.

Goldberg, D.N. Snow, K. Holland, P. . Jordan, J. Campin, J.-M. Heimbach, P. Arthern, R. . Jenkins, A. . (2018) Representing grounding line migration in synchronous coupling between a marine ice sheet model and a z -coordinate ocean model.

Petty, Alek A. Stroeve, Julienne C. Holland, Paul R. . Boisvert, Linette N. Bliss, Angela C. Kimura, Noriaki. Meier, Walter N. (2018) The Arctic sea ice cover of 2016: a year of record-low highs and higher-than-expected lows.

Kimura, Satoshi . Jenkins, Adrian . Regan, Heather. Holland, Paul R. . Assmann, Karen M. Whitt, Daniel B. Van Wessem, Melchoir. van de Berg, Willem Jan. Reijmer, Carleen H. Dutrieux, Pierre. (2018) Oceanographic Controls on the Variability of Ice-Shelf Basal Melting and Circulation of Glacial Meltwater in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica.

Regan, Heather C. Holland, Paul R. . Meredith, Michael P. . Pike, Jennifer. (2018) Sources, variability and fate of freshwater in the Bellingshausen Sea, AntarcticaSources, variability and fate of freshwater in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica.

Snow, K. Goldberg, D.N. Holland, Paul R. . Jordan, James R. Arthern, Robert J. . Jenkins, Adrian . (2018) The Response of Ice Sheets to Climate Variability.

2017

Jordan, James R. Holland, Paul R. . Goldberg, Dan. Snow, Kate. Arthern, Robert . Campin, Jean-Michel. Heimbach, Patrick. Jenkins, Adrian . (2017) Ocean-forced ice-shelf thinning in a synchronously coupled ice-ocean model.

Ashmore, David W. Hubbard, Bryn. Luckman, Adrian. Kulessa, Bernd. Bevan, Suzanne. Booth, Adam. Munneke, Peter Kuipers. O'Leary, Martin. Sevestre, Heidi. Holland, Paul R. . (2017) Ice and firn heterogeneity within Larsen C Ice Shelf from borehole optical televiewing.

Holland, Paul R. . (2017) The transient response of ice-shelf melting to ocean change.

Pope, James O. . Holland, Paul R. . Orr, Andrew . Marshall, Gareth J. . Phillips, Tony . (2017) The impacts of El Niño on the observed sea ice budget of West Antarctica.

Dinniman, Michael. Asay-Davis, Xylar. Galton-Fenzi, Benjamin. Holland, Paul . Jenkins, Adrian . Timmermann, Ralph. (2017) Modeling Ice Shelf/Ocean Interaction in Antarctica: A Review.

2016

Kwok, R. Comiso, J.C. Lee, T. Holland, P.R. . (2016) Linked trends in the South Pacific sea ice edge and Southern Oscillation Index.

Lecomte, O. Goosse, H. Fichefet, T. Holland, P.R. . Uotila, P. Zunz, V. Kimura, N. (2016) Impact of surface wind biases on the Antarctic sea ice concentration budget in climate models.

Holland, Paul R. . Kimura, Noriaki. (2016) Observed concentration budgets of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice.

Abernathey, Ryan P. Cerovecki, Ivana. Holland, Paul R. . Newsom, Emily. Mazloff, Matt. Talley, Lynne D. (2016) Water-mass transformation by sea ice in the upper branch of the Southern Ocean overturning.

Cook, A.J. Holland, P.R. . Meredith, M.P. . Murray, T. Luckman, A. Vaughan, D.G. . (2016) Ocean forcing of glacier retreat in the western Antarctic Peninsula.

Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. Zika, Jan D. Jullion, Loïc. Brown, Peter J. . Holland, Paul R. . Meredith, Michael P. . Bacon, Sheldon . (2016) The thermodynamic balance of the Weddell Gyre.

2015

Asay-Davis, Xylar S. Cornford, Stephen L. Durand, Gael. Galton-Fenzi, Benjamin K. Gladstone, Rupert M. Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar . Hattermann, Tore. Holland, David M. Holland, Denise. Holland, Paul R. . Martin, Daniel F. Mathiot, Pierre. Pattyn, Frank. Seroussi, Helene. (2015) Experimental design for three interrelated marine ice-sheet and ocean model intercomparison projects: MISMIP v. 3 (MISMIP+), ISOMIP v. 2 (ISOMIP+) and MISOMIP v. 1 (MISOMIP1).

Kjellsson, Joakim. Holland, Paul R. . Marshall, Gareth J. . Mathiot, Pierre. Aksenov, Yevgeny . Coward, Andrew C. . Bacon, Sheldon . Megann, Alex P. . Ridley, Jeff. (2015) Model sensitivity of the Weddell and Ross seas, Antarctica, to vertical mixing and freshwater forcing.

Wilchinsky, Alexander V. Heorton, Harold D. B. S. Feltham, Daniel L. Holland, Paul R. . (2015) Study of the impact of ice formation in leads upon the sea ice pack mass balance using a new frazil and grease ice parameterisation.

Jansen, D. Luckman, A.J. Cook, A. Bevan, S. Kulessa, B. Hubbard, B. Holland, P.R. . (2015) Brief Communication: Newly developing rift in Larsen C Ice Shelf presents significant risk to stability.

Jordan, James R. Kimura, Satoshi . Holland, Paul R. . Jenkins, Adrian . Piggott, Matthew D. (2015) On the conditional frazil ice instability in seawater.

Holland, P.R. . Brisbourne, A. . Corr, H.F.J. McGrath, D. Purdon, K. Paden, J. Fricker, H.A. Paolo, F.S. Fleming, A.H. . (2015) Oceanic and atmospheric forcing of Larsen C Ice-Shelf thinning.

2014

Kimura, Satoshi . Holland, Paul R. . Jenkins, Adrian . Piggott, Matthew. (2014) The effect of meltwater plumes on the melting of a vertical glacier face.

Darelius, E. Makinson, K. . Daae, K. Fer, I. Holland, P.R. . Nicholls, K.W. . (2014) Hydrography and circulation in the Filchner Depression, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Holland, Paul R. . (2014) The seasonality of Antarctic sea ice trends.

Brown, Peter J. Meredith, Michael P. . Jullion, Loic. Naveira Garabato, Alberto. Torres-Valdes, Sinhue. Holland, Paul . Leng, Melanie J. . Venables, Hugh . (2014) Freshwater fluxes in the Weddell Gyre: results from δ18O.

Uotila, P. Holland, P.R. . Vihma, T. Marsland, S.J. Kimura, N. (2014) Is realistic Antarctic sea ice extent in climate models the result of excessive ice drift?.

Jullion, Loïc. Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. Bacon, Sheldon . Meredith, Michael P. . Brown, Pete J. Torres-valdes, Sinhue. Speer, Kevin G. Holland, Paul R. . Dong, Jun. Bakker, Dorothée. Hoppema, Mario. Loose, Brice. Venables, Hugh J. . Jenkins, William J. Messias, Marie-José. Fahrbach, Eberhard. (2014) The contribution of the Weddell Gyre to the lower limb of the global overturning circulation.

Petty, A. A. Holland, P. R. . Feltham, D. L. (2014) Sea ice and the ocean mixed layer over the Antarctic shelf seas.

De Rydt, J. Holland, P.R. . Dutrieux, P. . Jenkins, A. . (2014) Geometric and oceanographic controls on melting beneath Pine Island Glacier.

Stern, A. A. Holland, D. M. Holland, P. R. . Jenkins, A. . Sommeria, J. (2014) The effect of geometry on ice shelf ocean cavity ventilation: a laboratory experiment.

Holland, Paul R. . Bruneau, Nicolas. Enright, Clare. Losch, Martin. Kurtz, Nathan T. Kwok, Ron. (2014) Modelled trends in Antarctic sea ice thickness.

Holland, Paul R. . Hewitt, Richard E. Scase, Matthew M. (2014) Wave breaking in dense plumes.

McGrath, Daniel. Steffen, Konrad. Holland, Paul R. . Scambos, Ted. Rajaram, Harihar. Abdalati, Waleed. Rignot, Eric. (2014) The structure and effect of suture zones in the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica.

Jordan, J.R. Holland, P.R. . Jenkins, A. . Piggott, M.D. Kimura, S. . (2014) Modelling ice-ocean interaction in ice shelf crevasses.

Dutrieux, Pierre . De Rydt, Jan. Jenkins, Adrian . Holland, Paul R. . Ha, Ho Kyung. Lee, Sang Hoon. Steig, Eric J. Ding, Quinghua. Abrahamsen, E. Povl . Schroeder, Michael. (2014) Strong sensitivity of Pine Island ice-shelf melting to climactic variability.

2013

Millgate, Thomas. Holland, Paul R. . Jenkins, Adrian . Johnson, Helen L. (2013) The effect of basal channels on oceanic ice-shelf melting.

Dutrieux, P. . Vaughan, D.G. . Corr, H.F.J. Jenkins, A. . Holland, P.R. . Joughin, I. Fleming, A.H. . (2013) Pine Island Glacier ice shelf melt distributed at kilometre scales.

Arthun, M. Holland, P.R. . Nicholls, K.W. . Feltham, D.L. (2013) Eddy-driven exchange between the open ocean and a sub-ice shelf cavity.

Jansen, D. Luckman, A. Kulessa, B. Holland, P.R. . King, E.C. . (2013) Marine ice formation in a suture zone on the Larsen C Ice Shelf and its influence on ice shelf dynamics.

Brisbourne, Alex . Smith, Andy . King, Edward . Nicholls, Keith . Holland, Paul . Makinson, Keith . (2013) Seabed topography beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf from seismic soundings.

Petty, Alek A. Feltham, Daniel L. Holland, Paul . (2013) Impact of atmospheric forcing on Antarctic continental shelf water masses.

Rye, Craig D. Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. Holland, Paul R. . Meredith, Michael P. . Nurser, A.J. George. Hughes, Chris W. . Coward, Andrew C. . Webb, David J. . (2013) Rapid sea-level rise along the Antarctic margins in response to increased glacial discharge.

Jullion, Loïc. Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. Meredith, Michael P. . Holland, Paul R. . Courtois, Peggy. King, Brian A. . (2013) Decadal freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water exported from the Weddell Sea.

Kimura, Satoshi . Candy, Adam S. Holland, Paul R. . Piggott, Matthew D. Jenkins, Adrian . (2013) Adaptation of an unstructured-mesh, finite-element ocean model to the simulation of ocean circulation beneath ice shelves.

Graham, Jennifer A. Heywood, Karen J. Chavanne, Cédric P. Holland, Paul R. . (2013) Seasonal variability of water masses and transport on the Antarctic continental shelf and slope in the southeastern Weddell Sea.

Gladish, Carl V. Holland, David M. Holland, Paul R. . Price, Stephen F. (2013) Ice-shelf basal channels in a coupled ice/ocean model.

2012

Holland, Paul R. . Kwok, Ron. (2012) Wind-driven trends in Antarctic sea-ice drift.

2011

Holland, P.R. . Feltham, D.L. Jenkins, A. . (2011) Validity of the Ice Shelf Water plume concept under Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf.

Holland, Paul R. . (2011) Oscillating dense plumes.

Holland, Paul R. . Corr, Hugh F.J. Pritchard, Hamish D. . Vaughan, David G. . Arthern, Robert J. . Jenkins, Adrian . Tedesco, Marco. (2011) The air content of Larsen Ice Shelf.

Makinson, Keith . Holland, Paul R. . Jenkins, Adrian . Nicholls, Keith W. . Holland, David M. (2011) Influence of tides on melting and freezing beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica.

King, J.C. . Doble, M.J. Holland, P.R. . (2011) Analysis of a rapid sea ice retreat event in the Bellingshausen Sea.

2010

Holland, Paul . (2010) Climate change: warm bath for an ice sheet.

Holland, Paul . Jenkins, Adrian . Holland, David M. (2010) Ice and ocean processes in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica.

2009

Holland, Paul . Corr, Hugh. Vaughan, David . Jenkins, Adrian . Skvarca, Pedro. (2009) Marine ice in Larsen Ice Shelf.

Holland, Paul R. . Feltham, Daniel L. Daly, Steven F. (2009) On the Nusselt number for frazil ice growth – a correction to “Frazil evolution in channels” by Lars Hammar and Hung-Tao Shen..

Wilchinsky, Alexander V. Feltham, Daniel L. Holland, Paul R. . (2009) The effect of a new drag law parameterization on Ice Shelf Water plume dynamics..

Payne, Antony J. Holland, Paul R. . Shepherd, Andrew P. Rutt, Ian C. Jenkins, Adrian . Joughin, Ian. (2009) Numerical modeling of ocean-ice interactions under Pine Island Bay’s ice shelf..

Holland, Paul R. . Jenkins, Adrian . Holland, David M. (2009) The response of ice shelf basal melting to variations in ocean temperature..

Holland, Paul R. . (2009) A model of tidally dominated ocean processes near ice shelf grounding lines..

Holland, Paul R. . Feltham, Daniel L. (2009) The effects of rotation and ice shelf topography on frazil-laden ice shelf water plumes.

2008

Holland, Paul R. . Feltham, Daniel L. Jenkins, Adrian . (2008) Ice Shelf Water plume flow beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica.

Lowery, K., Holland, P., Dutrieux, P., Hogg, A., & Gourmelen, N. (2025). MITgcm Model Outputs for the ocean in Pine Island Bay between 2011 and 2021 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/cbc6eb20-de95-457d-9000-c78b0ae9ee51
Lowery, K., Dutrieux, P., Holland, P., Hogg, A., Gourmelen, N., & Wallis, B. (2025). Digital Elevation Models and Basal Melt Maps of Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf using CryoSat-2 Surface Elevation data, 2011-2023 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d093b7b9-f590-48dd-8206-74d239cdbf30
Bett, D., Bradley, A., Williams, R., Holland, P., Arthern, R., & Goldberg, D. (2024). Amundsen Sea sector MITgcm/WAVI coupled model output forced with idealised ocean boundary conditions over 180 years (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/baa5097e-5139-4d8b-8986-3cc84c3319b7
Holland, P., Bevan, S., & Luckman, A. (2023). Output from model simulations of the ocean beneath Thwaites Glacier, VERSION 2 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/473eb97c-63a8-4002-8b72-e7f07b2ab228
Holland, P., Bevan, S., & Luckman, A. (2023). Output from model simulations of the ocean beneath Thwaites Glacier. (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/30067e7b-93f8-4284-aa84-dab4eacd4520
Bevan, S., Luckman, A., & Holland, P. (2023). Digital Elevation Models of Thwaites Glacier main trunk (2011-2022) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/24aef4f2-3bfc-4014-88e8-34644fdc71a3
Naughten, K., Holland, P., & De Rydt, J. (2023). Amundsen Sea MITgcm model output forced with CESM1 historical and future climate scenarios, 1920-2100 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b692f76f-eac8-466a-a008-32e9ba3e7b44
Holmes, C. (2022). Sea Ice Area climatologies and 21st century change in the CMIP5 and CMIP6 multi-model ensembles (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e67242f2-e9aa-4402-85a3-be42d13354af
Bett, D., Holland, P., Naveira Garabato, A., Jenkins, A., Dutrieux, P., Kimura, S., & Fleming, A. (2020). Model results of Amundsen Sea freshwater tracing and iceberg variation simulations (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/8ad04d77-6a41-419a-b0d7-18eee743bf26
Brisbourne, A., Hudson, T., & Holland, P. (2019). Seismic bathymetry data, Antarctic Peninsula, Larsen C Ice Shelf, 2016 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/315740b1-a7b9-4cf0-9521-86f046e33e9a

Understanding Greenland’s changing ice

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PRESCIENT

PRESCIENT supports long-term, strategically important measurements and capabilities for the wider science community.

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Reducing uncertainty in sea-level predictions

OCEAN:ICE studies how Antarctic ice and Southern Ocean processes drive sea-level rise and influence global climate, using new data and advanced ice–ocean–climate models.

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Antarctic cyclones and sea ice movement

ACES (Antarctic Cyclones: Expression in Sea-ice) addressed the issue of how sea ice cover in the Southern Ocean changes when a high intensity storm passes over the ice.

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Real Projections

Real Projections focused on understanding the processes driving sea ice variability and change, combining observational data with climate model outputs to produce more robust projections of future Antarctic sea ice area under different greenhouse gas emission scenarios.

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Melting at Thwaites Grounding Zone and its Control on Sea Level

MELT is an ice-based project that will use autonomous sensors to monitor the ice column and ocean beneath the ice shelf in the critical area of the grounding line (the point where the glacier goes afloat to become ice shelf).

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International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration

The International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration unites global scientists to study Antarctica’s most vulnerable glacier, predict sea-level rise, and inform climate action worldwide.

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Ocean forcing of ice-sheet change

The OFIC project studied how ocean heat drove ice loss in rapidly retreating parts of the Antarctic ice sheet.

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How melt ponds weaken the ice shelf

MIDAS investigates how climate warming affects the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica. The project studies the formation of large summer melt ponds and their influence on ice shelf structure and stability. Fieldwork, satellite observation, and computer simulations are used to understand these processes.

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The UK Earth System Modelling project (UKESM-BAS)

UKESM-BAS contributes to the UK Earth System Model by coupling the BISICLES ice sheet model with global climate models to improve sea level rise projections, and by developing satellite-based techniques to assess sea ice predictions.

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Rothera Time Series

Earth System indicators in Antarctica

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Scientists race to understand Greenland climate tipping point

An international team of scientists is heading to Greenland this summer for a two-month expedition to discover how quickly the ice sheet’s rapidly melting glaciers are pushing the Atlantic Ocean towards a critical climate tipping point.

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Regional data highlights emerging climate change signals

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Increased West Antarctic Ice Sheet melting ‘unavoidable’

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BAS science funded by Pushing the Frontiers scheme

Natural Environment Research Council’s pioneering Pushing the Frontiers scheme has funded four projects led by scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The projects, which received grants totaling £3.8m, are part […]

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Extreme snowfall in West Antarctica driving sea-level rise

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New link between greenhouse gases and sea-level rise

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Climate extremes drive changes in Antarctic Bottom Water

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State of the Polar Oceans report published

Report published July 2018

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New footage shows crack in Larsen C Ice Shelf

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Wind-blown Antarctic sea ice helps drive ocean circulation

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NEWS STORY: Sea levels rising faster in Antarctica

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NEWS STORY: Glacier thinning at point of no return

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PRESS RELEASE: Pine Island Glacier and climatic variability

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NEWS STORY: Staff head into deep Antarctica

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PRESS RELEASE Age and Antarctic clams

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NEWS STORY: Storm events link identified

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PRESS RELEASE: Increase in melt rates on Antarctic Peninsula

New insight into accelerating summer ice melt on the Antarctic Peninsula A new 1000-year Antarctic Peninsula climate reconstruction shows that summer ice melting has intensified almost ten-fold, and mostly since […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Summer melt season extending

Summer melt season is getting longer on the Antarctic Peninsula, new data show New research from the Antarctic Peninsula shows that the summer melt season has been getting longer over […]

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NEWS STORY: Greenland ice shows past trends

Greenland ice core reveals warm past temperatures British Antarctic Survey scientists have contributed to a new study published in Nature (Thursday 24 January) that provides surprising details on changes in […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Changing winds increasing sea ice cover

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