New high-precision map of Antarctica’s bed topography
A team of glaciologists has unveiled the most accurate portrait yet of the contours of the land beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet – and, by doing so, has helped identify which […]
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Study shows melting ice sheets will disrupt climate
Read more of: Study shows melting ice sheets will disrupt climateWater entering the oceans from melting ice sheets could cause extreme weather and a change in ocean circulation not currently accounted for in global climate policies, a new study published […]
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Ice sheets growing from the base
Read more of: Ice sheets growing from the baseFresh water freezing onto the bottom of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets leads to the formation of spectacular plume-shaped features, according to new research published today (7th November) in […]
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Prestigious award for BAS early career scientist
Read more of: Prestigious award for BAS early career scientistCongratulations to Dr Emilie Capron who has been awarded the prestigious Early Career Scientist Award of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). Dr Capron is a palaeoclimatologist at British […]
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Geological History Constraints on the Magnitude of Grounding Line Retreat in the Thwaites Glacier System
Read more of: Geological History Constraints on the Magnitude of Grounding Line Retreat in the Thwaites Glacier SystemGHC will gather information about past ice sheet behaviour and relative sea level change in the Thwaites Glacier system. Determining the timing and magniture of past episodes of thinning and retreat and subsequent re-advance is important to provide a context for the current and future behaviour of Thwaites Glacier.
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Maps reveal landscape beneath Antarctica’s weak underbelly
Read more of: Maps reveal landscape beneath Antarctica’s weak underbellyA UK team of researchers has produced high-resolution maps of the bed beneath a major glacier in West Antarctica, which will help them predict future sea-level rise from this region. […]
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New Antarctic heat map reveals sub-ice hotspots
Read more of: New Antarctic heat map reveals sub-ice hotspotsAn international team of scientists, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), has produced a new map showing how much heat from the Earth’s interior is reaching the base of the […]
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FEATURED PAPER: Wind, warm water and ice-sheet loss
Read more of: FEATURED PAPER: Wind, warm water and ice-sheet lossWind-driven incursions of warm, deep water forced the retreat of West Antarctic glaciers from the end of the last ice age until 7,500 years ago and since the 1940s. These […]
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Large iceberg breaks off Pine Island Glacier
Read more of: Large iceberg breaks off Pine Island GlacierLatest satellite images reveal a new 100-square-mile iceberg emerging from Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier. The calving event did not come as a complete surprise, but is a troubling sign with […]
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Study shows ice sheet loss over the last 11,000 years
Read more of: Study shows ice sheet loss over the last 11,000 yearsReporting this week (Wednesday 5 July) in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains that wind-driven incursions of warm water forced the […]
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Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South Georgia
Read more of: Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South GeorgiaA new study reveals the sub-antarctic island of South Georgia – famous for its wildlife – was covered by a massive ice cap during the last ice age. The results […]
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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.
