Updated Mapping Datasets for Antarctica
A newly updated Antarctic Digital Database is released today (12 May 2020). Aimed at the science and logistics communities, the maps include updates to the ice shelf front around Thwaites […]
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Drilling projects set to break new ground
Read more of: Drilling projects set to break new groundTwo new research projects – in partnership with British Antarctic Survey engineers – will drill deeper than ever before in Antarctica and in space. The first project, called INCISED, is […]
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Earth Day 2020: The Song of the Ice
Read more of: Earth Day 2020: The Song of the Ice*Did you miss the live event on 22 April? The recording is now available to watch below, or on Youtube via: https://youtu.be/8r3xdrp5GGI* Online launch of The Song of the Ice […]
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Ice Floor Sci-Art Installation
Read more of: Ice Floor Sci-Art InstallationIce Floor, is an immersive exhibition commissioned by engineering consultants Arup. UK born artist Wayne Binitie created the installation.
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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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New high-precision map of Antarctica’s bed topography
Read more of: New high-precision map of Antarctica’s bed topographyA 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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Ice core inspired art installation opens in London
Read more of: Ice core inspired art installation opens in LondonA new climate change artwork – Ice Floor, a new Phase 2 by Wayne Binitie, opens this week at Arup’s Fitzroy Street offices in London. The work was developed in […]
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New mission for 1.5 million year climate record
Read more of: New mission for 1.5 million year climate recordThis week a team of European researchers announces its plans for an ambitious mission to find the oldest ice on Earth (9 April 2019). Antarctica’s ice has the potential to […]
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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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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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Scientists drill to record depths in West Antarctica
Read more of: Scientists drill to record depths in West AntarcticaA team of scientists and engineers has for the first time successfully drilled over two kilometres through the ice sheet in West Antarctica using hot water. This research will help […]
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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 […]
