Ground beneath Thwaites Glacier mapped for first time
The ground beneath Antarctica’s most vulnerable glacier has been mapped for the first time, helping scientists to better understand how it is being affected by climate change. Analysis of the […]
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The Big Thaw
Read more of: The Big ThawThe Big Thaw studies snow and glacier changes in the Alps and Himalayas to improve forecasts of mountain water resources for global communities.
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Antarctic glaciers’ ice loss “unprecedented”
Read more of: Antarctic glaciers’ ice loss “unprecedented”Two crucial glaciers in West Antarctica may be losing ice faster than they have over the last 5,000 years, according to a new study published this month (June 2022).
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The threat from Thwaites: the retreat of Antarctica’s riskiest glacier
Read more of: The threat from Thwaites: the retreat of Antarctica’s riskiest glacierAntarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is retreating rapidly as a warming ocean slowly erases its ice from below, leading to a faster flow, more fracturing and a threat of collapse, according to […]
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Glaciers accelerate in the Getz region of West Antarctica
Read more of: Glaciers accelerate in the Getz region of West AntarcticaGlaciers in West Antarctica are moving more quickly from land into the ocean, contributing to rising global sea levels. A 25-year record of satellite observations has been used to show […]
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Scientists drill for first time on remote Antarctic Glacier
Read more of: Scientists drill for first time on remote Antarctic GlacierTeams from the US and UK have successfully completed scientific fieldwork in one of the most remote and hostile areas of West Antarctica – coinciding with the 200th anniversary of […]
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Water Resources of the Upper Indus Basin
Read more of: Water Resources of the Upper Indus BasinThis project investigated how much water is stored in the glaciers and snow of the Upper Indus Basin, and how climate variability influences water availability.
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Essential cargo delivered for science on Thwaites Glacier
Read more of: Essential cargo delivered for science on Thwaites GlacierThe British Antractic Survey’s vessel RRS Ernest Shackleton teamed up with the Royal Navy survey ship HMS Protector to help scientists begin a five-year mission to understand how West Antarctica […]
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Measuring glaciers in the Himalayan mountains
Read more of: Measuring glaciers in the Himalayan mountainsTechnology pioneered in Antarctica could soon be providing much-needed data on the amount of ice in the glaciers of High Mountain Asia thanks to an ingenious helicopter-mounted, low-frequency radar developed […]
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New maps show why glacier ice front suddenly shrank
Read more of: New maps show why glacier ice front suddenly shrankPine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is one of the fastest-flowing glaciers in Antarctica. Over the last eleven years, four major icebergs have broken off from its floating ice shelf. […]
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Boaty returns from first mission under the ice
Read more of: Boaty returns from first mission under the iceThe yellow high-tech autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), affectionately known as Boaty McBoatface, has successfully returned from an ambitious science expedition deep below half a kilometre of ice. It is the […]
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New map reveals landscape beneath Greenland’s ice sheet
Read more of: New map reveals landscape beneath Greenland’s ice sheetA new map of what lies beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet is published this week (Thursday 14 December 2017). By providing scientists with the most comprehensive, high resolution and accurate […]
