Ice & ice-movement

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1. 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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2. 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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3. Bedmap

   Bedmap is a collaborative community that has produced maps and datasets of Antarctic ice thickness and bed topography

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4. Scientists expose vulnerabilities of critical Antarctic ice shelf

   Pine Island Ice Shelf in West Antarctica, which holds back enough ice to raise sea levels by 0.5 metres, could be more vulnerable to complete disintegration than previously thought. A […]

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5. 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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6. Digital Twins of the Polar Regions

   This project is developing digital twins of Antarctic and Arctic environments and resources. A digital twin makes it possible to test “what if” questions far more quickly than traditional computer models.

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7. Researchers identify biggest threats to Larsen C ice shelf

   A new study by scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has used computer modelling to rank the factors responsible for the Larsen C ice shelf melt according to their severity.

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8. Drilling of oldest ice on Earth completed

   The first ice core drilling campaign of Beyond Epica-Oldest Ice has been successfully completed at the remote Little Dome C site in Antarctica – one of the most extreme places […]

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9. The threat from Thwaites: the retreat of Antarctica’s riskiest glacier

   Antarctica’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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10. How Antarctic winds shaped CO₂

    SIWHA investigates how westerly winds and sea ice have influenced CO2 uptake and release in the Southern Ocean.

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11. ‘MRI’ scan reveals spectacular ice age landscapes beneath the North Sea

    Spectacular ice age landscapes beneath the North Sea have been discovered using 3D seismic reflection technology.  Similar to MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) the images reveal in unprecedented detail huge seafloor […]

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12. Polar Zero: visual arts take centre stage at COP26

    Immersive science-art ice core research exhibition to be displayed at Glasgow Science Centre during COP26

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