Huge Antarctic iceberg finally breaks free
After months of ‘hanging by a thread’ a vast iceberg the size of Norfolk has finally broken off Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf. Around 30 metres of this 190m thick […]
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How melt ponds weaken the ice shelf
Read more of: How melt ponds weaken the ice shelfMIDAS 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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How the Earth’s crust influences ice sheets
Read more of: How the Earth’s crust influences ice sheetsGOCE+Antarctica- Dynamic Antarctic Lithosphere uses GOCE satellite gravity gradient data, GPS data and innovative 3D modelling to study the Antarctic lithosphere and its influence on the overlying ice sheets, including the process of glacio-isostatic adjustment (GIA).
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NEWS STORY: New gravity dataset
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New gravity datasetScientists now have a new tool to investigate the deep structure of the least understood continent on Earth
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PolarGAP
Read more of: PolarGAPPolarGAP is an ambitious international mission to capture new and critical data about the Earth’s global gravity field.
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NEWS STORY: New Centre for Doctoral Training
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New Centre for Doctoral TrainingNERC funds PhD training in robotics and autonomous systems
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NEWS STORY: Arctic sea ice 2015
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Arctic sea ice 2015Arctic sea ice 2015 On September 11, the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) reported that Arctic sea ice reached its likely minimum extent for 2015. The minimum ice […]
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EC Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service
Read more of: EC Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring ServiceThe Copernicus marine environment monitoring service provides regular and systematic reference information on the state of the physical oceans and regional seas.
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Improving shipping safety in the Arctic
Read more of: Improving shipping safety in the ArcticOptimising situational awareness in the Arctic through integrated space technologies
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Exploring Antarctica’s Ghost Mountains
Read more of: Exploring Antarctica’s Ghost MountainsAGAP was an international effort to explore the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in the center of East Antarctica.
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Surveying West Antarctica’s unstable ice streams
Read more of: Surveying West Antarctica’s unstable ice streamsThis project investigated the ice streams of West Antarctica’s Weddell Sea sector through airborne surveys.
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NEWS STORY: New maps show unseen world
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New maps show unseen worldNew maps of the polar regions reveal unseen world beneath the ice and highlight dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice cover New maps of the sub-ice features in Antarctica and […]
