Deep channels link ocean to Antarctic glacier
Newly discovered deep seabed channels beneath Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica may be the pathway for warm ocean water to melt the underside of the ice. Data from two research […]
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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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Scientists head to Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier
Read more of: Scientists head to Antarctica’s Thwaites GlacierNearly 100 scientists and support staff depart this week (13 November 2019) for the most ambitious mission to date for Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. In the second year of […]
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Solar heat drives rapid melting of Antarctic Ice Shelf
Read more of: Solar heat drives rapid melting of Antarctic Ice ShelfA section of the world’s largest ice shelf in Antarctica – around the size of Spain – is melting 10 times faster than average and warm ocean currents beneath it […]
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Seals to act as sentinels of remote Antarctic glacier
Read more of: Seals to act as sentinels of remote Antarctic glacierScientists will use two species of seals to investigate a huge glacier in West Antarctica that is at risk of collapse. A team of over 20 polar scientists from the […]
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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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Ambitious UK-U.S. Antarctic research mission begins
Read more of: Ambitious UK-U.S. Antarctic research mission beginsA team of UK and U.S. polar scientists are about to embark on one of the largest joint Antarctic missions for more than 70 years. It’s the first field season […]
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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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Subglacial valleys and mountain ranges discovered near South Pole
Read more of: Subglacial valleys and mountain ranges discovered near South PoleRevealing Antarctica’s hidden world
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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).
