Not all icebergs are equal – and that matters for the climate, new study finds
Scientists studying world’s largest and most famous icebergs find surprising differences in how they affect ocean life.
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Read more of: Not all icebergs are equal – and that matters for the climate, new study finds
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Scientists reveal our best- and worst-case scenarios for a warming Antarctica
Read more of: Scientists reveal our best- and worst-case scenarios for a warming AntarcticaA team of international scientists, including from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), has modelled the best- and worst-case scenarios for the Antarctic Peninsula as the Earth’s climate warms.
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Understanding Greenland’s changing ice
Read more of: Understanding Greenland’s changing iceGIANT is a pioneering science project that will test the potential for early warning of a critical climate tipping point.
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Cloud scientists take to the skies to solve climate uncertainty
Read more of: Cloud scientists take to the skies to solve climate uncertaintyA project looking at how clouds affect climate change in Antarctica starts its second year of field research this month. The Southern Ocean Clouds (SOC) project, which is part of the CloudSense programme, will carry out research on the RRS Sir David Attenborough and at Rothera Research Station in Antarctica.
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Polar Ocean Mixing by Internal Tsunamis
Read more of: Polar Ocean Mixing by Internal TsunamisPOLOMINTS investigates how glacier calving triggers internal tsunamis, reshaping polar ocean mixing and influencing climate, ecosystems, and carbon cycling.
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Regional data highlights emerging climate change signals
Read more of: Regional data highlights emerging climate change signalsA greater understanding of how climate change impacts at a regional level is vital to developing effective climate policies that protect communities from escalating risks.
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Grim outlook for Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier
Read more of: Grim outlook for Antarctica’s Thwaites GlacierNew science briefing summarises results of the ambitious international collaboration to study Antarctica’s most worrying glacier
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New tipping point discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheet
Read more of: New tipping point discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheetWarm water that seeps underneath can melt ice in way not yet included in models
A new and worrying way that large ice sheets can melt has been characterised by scientists for the first time. The research focuses on how relatively warm seawater can lap at the underside of ground-based ice, which can accelerate the movement of the ice into the ocean.
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Record low Antarctic sea ice ‘extremely unlikely’ without climate change
Read more of: Record low Antarctic sea ice ‘extremely unlikely’ without climate changeScientists at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have found that the record-low levels of sea ice around Antarctica in 2023 were extremely unlikely to happen without the influence of climate change.
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Increased West Antarctic Ice Sheet melting ‘unavoidable’
Read more of: Increased West Antarctic Ice Sheet melting ‘unavoidable’The West Antarctic Ice Sheet will continue to increase its rate of melting over the rest of the century, no matter how much we reduce fossil fuel use, according to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change.
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Frozen in time: climate change challenge to be showcased at upcoming sustainability conference
Read more of: Frozen in time: climate change challenge to be showcased at upcoming sustainability conferenceA dramatic art installation symbolising our warming climate will be launched at the Cambridge Cleantech annual conference on 20 October as the city’s innovators and scientists gather together to brainstorm […]
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Artificial intelligence to help predict Arctic sea ice loss
Read more of: Artificial intelligence to help predict Arctic sea ice lossA new AI (artificial intelligence) tool is set to enable scientists to more accurately forecast Arctic sea ice conditions months into the future. The improved predictions could underpin new early-warning […]
