Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South Georgia
A new study reveals the sub-antarctic island of South Georgia – famous for its wildlife – was covered by a massive ice cap during the last ice age. The results […]
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New footage shows crack in Larsen C Ice Shelf
Read more of: New footage shows crack in Larsen C Ice ShelfBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS) recently captured this video footage of a huge crack in the Larsen C Ice Shelf, on the Antarctic Peninsula. Currently a huge iceberg, roughly the size […]
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How melt ponds weaken the ice shelf
Read more of: How melt ponds weaken the ice shelfMIDAS investigates how climate warming affects the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica. The project studies the formation of large summer melt ponds and their influence on ice shelf structure and stability. Fieldwork, satellite observation, and computer simulations are used to understand these processes.
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Giant iceberg set to calve from Larsen C Ice Shelf
Read more of: Giant iceberg set to calve from Larsen C Ice ShelfA huge iceberg, roughly the size of Norfolk, looks set to break away from the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula. Larsen C is more than twice the size […]
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New study shows when Pine Island Glacier retreat began
Read more of: New study shows when Pine Island Glacier retreat beganNew study reveals when West Antarctica’s largest glacier started retreating Reporting this week (Wednesday 23 November) in the journal Nature an international team led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains […]
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Quest begins for oldest ice on Earth
Read more of: Quest begins for oldest ice on EarthFirst phase of project to collect 1.5 million years of climate data in Antarctica A team of European scientists heads to East Antarctica this month to locate the oldest ice […]
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Earth’s Oldest Ice
Read more of: Earth’s Oldest IceBeyond Epica – Oldest Ice drilled Antarctic cores up to 1.5 million years old. It explored past climate and greenhouse gas cycles, building on the Dome C ice record.
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FEATURED PAPER: Tidal controls on ice streams
Read more of: FEATURED PAPER: Tidal controls on ice streamsThe often large ocean tides around Antarctica can greatly affect the flow of ice streams even long distances upstream of their grounding lines. Observing and modelling this interaction serves as […]
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Polar ice reveals secrets of carbon-climate feedbacks
Read more of: Polar ice reveals secrets of carbon-climate feedbacksAn international team of scientists have used air bubbles in polar ice from pre-industrial times to measure the sensitivity of the Earth’s land biosphere to changes in temperature.
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Data as Art: POLAR AESTHETICS
Read more of: Data as Art: POLAR AESTHETICSBritish Antarctic Survey has an ongoing science & art collaboration with Royal College of Art PhD candidate Wayne Binitie. Wayne has visited BAS a number of times to develop his […]
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A recent pause in Antarctic Peninsula warming
Read more of: A recent pause in Antarctic Peninsula warmingThe rapid warming of the Antarctic Peninsula, which occurred from the early-1950s to the late 1990s, has paused. Stabilisation of the ozone hole along with natural climate variability were significant in bringing about the change. Together these influences have now caused the northern part of the peninsula to enter a temporary cooling phase. Temperatures remain higher than measured during the middle of the 20th Century and glacial retreat is still taking place. However, scientists predict that if greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise at the current rate, temperatures will increase across the Antarctic Peninsula by several degrees Centigrade by the end of this century.
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Ocean warming primary cause of glacier retreat
Read more of: Ocean warming primary cause of glacier retreatA new study has found for the first time that ocean warming is the primary cause of retreat of glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula. The Peninsula is one of the largest current contributors to sea-level rise and this new finding will enable researchers to make better predictions of ice loss from this region.
