Ice & ice-movement

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1. Antarctica’s glacial border moves for miles with the tide

   New measurements of how the boundary between onshore glacier and floating ice shelf glides back-and- forth could help predict melting

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2. 60 years of Antarctic ice sheet data released

   In a significant milestone for Antarctic research, detailed and extensive information on ice thickness and bed topography is now available for the first time in a centralised and standardised format. […]

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3. 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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4. Cracking Antarctica’s iceberg code

   RIFT-TIP is investigating iceberg calving on the Brunt Ice Shelf. It uses field monitoring, lab testing, and modelling to predict when icebergs will form.

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5. Scientists named on TIME100 list for Antarctic research

   Scientists Dr Peter Davis (British Antarctic Survey) and Dr Britney Schmidt (Cornell University) have been named in the 2023 TIME100 annual list of the 100 most influential people in the […]

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6. Greenland’s Past, Our Future

   KANG-GLAC studies past and present glacier-ocean changes in southeast Greenland to predict how ice loss will affect ocean circulation, ecosystems and climate.

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7. Extreme snowfall in West Antarctica driving sea-level rise

   A new study highlights how extreme snowfall events significantly alter the amount of ice lost by the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. A team of scientists from British Antarctic Survey, along […]

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8. First images of giant iceberg from Brunt Ice Shelf

   ANTARCTICA – 13 March 2023. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the first aerial pictures of the massive A81 iceberg that calved from the Brunt Ice Shelf in late January. […]

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9. Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica calves giant iceberg 

   ANTARCTICA – 23 January 2023. A huge iceberg (1550 km²), almost the size of Greater London, has broken off the 150m thick Brunt Ice Shelf. It calved after cracks that […]

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10. Beyond EPICA deep drilling campaign begins

    Scientists return to East Antarctica this month (December) to locate the oldest ice on Earth. The team is part of an EU-funded research consortium from 10 European countries whose aim […]

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11. The Big Thaw

    The 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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12. Ice age valleys give clues to future ice sheet change

    Deep valleys buried under the seafloor of the North Sea record how the ancient ice sheets that used to cover the UK and Europe expelled water to stop themselves from […]

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