Rapid drilling to find ancient ice
A new drill (the Rapid Access Isotope Drill, or RAID) is being developed by BAS which, rather than collect a full ice-core, this drill will chop up the ice and will allow collecting ice chippings.
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Ocean-driven ice-shelf thinning in Antarctica
Read more of: Ocean-driven ice-shelf thinning in AntarcticaBy exploiting advances in ice sheet modelling, and new Antarctic-wide datasets, this project aims to predict how far and how fast the observed ocean-driven thinning of floating ice shelves will propagate into the interior of the Antarctic ice sheet, and assess the consequences for global sea level over decadal-to-centennial timescales.
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Ice Sheet Modelling
Read more of: Ice Sheet ModellingThe ice sheet modelling group integrates observational data with dynamical models to improve our representation of how the ice flows beneath the surface, and to reveal how the shape and flow of the Antarctic ice sheet has changed in the past.
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Antarctic Climate over the last millennia
Read more of: Antarctic Climate over the last millenniaThis project used ice cores drilled across the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica to reconstruct past climate and understand whether the recent warming in these rapidly changing regions is unusual over longer timescales..
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Climate and Ice during the Last Interglacial
Read more of: Climate and Ice during the Last InterglacialThis project studies the last Interglacial (129-116 thousand years ago, ka) when CO2 and global temperature were both higher than they were before human industrialisation. By examining Last Interglacial climate, we can gain insights into climate processes and feedbacks close to those expected by the end of the 21st century.
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Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Sea-Surface
Read more of: Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Sea-SurfaceA project studying the impact of ocean acidification on pteropods, small shelled marine animals considered a sentinel species for ocean acidification.
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Improving estimates of Antarctica’s contribution to sea level
Read more of: Improving estimates of Antarctica’s contribution to sea levelThis research aims to improve estimates of Antarctica’s contribution to sea level. Sea level is currently rising at approximately 3mm/yr.
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Impact of global disturbances on evolution of polar life
Read more of: Impact of global disturbances on evolution of polar lifeWhy does global biodiversity show such a steep increase just as climates were deteriorating?
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West Antarctica wind strength and atmospheric circulation
Read more of: West Antarctica wind strength and atmospheric circulationThis project used ice core chemical and biological tracers, including marine diatoms swept onto the ice sheet by wind, to reconstruct 300 years of wind strength and atmospheric circulation patterns in West Antarctica.
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Arctic marine geophysics
Read more of: Arctic marine geophysicsThis research focuses on investigating the glacial histories of Arctic ice sheets and ice caps using the marine geological record preserved on continental margins.
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Late Quaternary changes in the Westerly Winds over the Southern Ocean
Read more of: Late Quaternary changes in the Westerly Winds over the Southern OceanIn this NERC-funded project, we are generating Southern Hemisphere Westerlies (SHW) proxy records from each of the three major sectors of the Southern Ocean, focusing on subantarctic islands situated in the core belt of the SHW.
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Depositional patterns and records in sediment drifts off the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica
Read more of: Depositional patterns and records in sediment drifts off the Antarctic Peninsula and West AntarcticaDuring this project essential survey data was collected to help plan future deep ocean drilling expeditions.
