Study shows melting ice sheets will disrupt climate
Water 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 […]
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Scientists complete remote ice core drilling mission
Read more of: Scientists complete remote ice core drilling missionA team of scientists and engineers from British Antarctic Survey and the University of Cambridge has successfully drilled over 650 metres in to an Antarctic ice cap to obtain an […]
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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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Measuring glaciers in the Himalayan mountains
Read more of: Measuring glaciers in the Himalayan mountainsTechnology pioneered in Antarctica could soon be providing much-needed data on the amount of ice in the glaciers of High Mountain Asia thanks to an ingenious helicopter-mounted, low-frequency radar developed […]
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Melt-rate of West Antarctic Ice Sheet highly sensitive to changes in ocean temperatures
Read more of: Melt-rate of West Antarctic Ice Sheet highly sensitive to changes in ocean temperaturesMelting of ice shelves in West Antarctica speeds up and slows down in response to changes in deep ocean temperature, and is far more variable than previously thought, according to […]
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Bedrock sampling beneath Antarctic ice
Read more of: Bedrock sampling beneath Antarctic iceIn this project samples of bedrock were analysed to determine how long they have been shielded from the sun, and that could tell us how long ago the ice sheet formed, even if the first ice has long gone.
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New maps show why glacier ice front suddenly shrank
Read more of: New maps show why glacier ice front suddenly shrankPine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is one of the fastest-flowing glaciers in Antarctica. Over the last eleven years, four major icebergs have broken off from its floating ice shelf. […]
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Geophysical Habitat of Subglacial Thwaites
Read more of: Geophysical Habitat of Subglacial ThwaitesGHOST is an ice-based project which will examine the bed beneath the Thwaites Glacier, to assess whether conditions are likely to allow rapid retreat, or if the retreat may slow or stop due to a ridge 70 km inland.
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Melting at Thwaites Grounding Zone and its Control on Sea Level
Read more of: Melting at Thwaites Grounding Zone and its Control on Sea LevelMELT is an ice-based project that will use autonomous sensors to monitor the ice column and ocean beneath the ice shelf in the critical area of the grounding line (the point where the glacier goes afloat to become ice shelf).
