Understanding Greenland’s changing ice
GIANT is a pioneering science project that will test the potential for early warning of a critical climate tipping point.
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Historic drilling project finds ice over 1.2 million years old
Read more of: Historic drilling project finds ice over 1.2 million years oldThe Beyond EPICA-Oldest Ice project has successfully drilled a 2800-metre-long ice core consisting of ice which is over 1.2 million years old.
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Antarctic drilling missions seek to understand climate and ice dynamics
Read more of: Antarctic drilling missions seek to understand climate and ice dynamicsOver 30 researchers from international institutes are working on ice core drilling campaigns in Antarctica to probe the ice sheet’s behaviour, carbon cycling in the Southern Ocean, and the Earth’s climate history.
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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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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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Hold polar ice at Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
Read more of: Hold polar ice at Royal Society Summer Science ExhibitionBritish Antarctic Survey, in partnership with the University of Cambridge, will be at the 2024 Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, showcasing how, using Antarctic ice cores to unlock the past, we can understand more about the future of our planet in a changing climate.
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New insights into the bed beneath remote Antarctic glacier
Read more of: New insights into the bed beneath remote Antarctic glacierScientists have discovered a landscape of rocky hills and smooth plains beneath the remote Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica.
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Antarctic ice explains dip in CO2 levels
Read more of: Antarctic ice explains dip in CO2 levelsSmall bubbles of air from ice in Antarctica resolve a long-standing debate about why there was a decline in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) during the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Ice cores reveal rapid Antarctic ice loss in the past
Read more of: Ice cores reveal rapid Antarctic ice loss in the pastThe first direct evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrank suddenly and dramatically at the end of the Last Ice Age, around eight thousand years ago, is published in a new study this week.
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Team embarks on mission to investigate iceberg calving
Read more of: Team embarks on mission to investigate iceberg calvingA team of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is gearing up for an expedition to the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica to unravel the mysteries behind the calving processes that result in the formation of colossal icebergs.
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New field season on Thwaites Glacier underway
Read more of: New field season on Thwaites Glacier underwayThirty seven scientists and over 24 support staff are arriving in Antarctica to work on Thwaites Glacier.
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Antarctic photo nominated in competition
Read more of: Antarctic photo nominated in competitionThe Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition celebrates the power of photography in capturing scientific phenomena happening all around us, and the role great images play in making science accessible to a wide audience.
