Tag: Thwaites Glacier

4 February, 2026

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and South Korea (KOPRI) have concluded a highly ambitious field operation at Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, after instruments deployed during hot-water drilling became …

Read more on Update from Thwaites Glacier: when science doesn’t go your way

29 January, 2026

A team of researchers from the UK and Korea has reached the most inaccessible and least-understood part of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica where they will drill through the glacier to directly observe how warm ocean water is …

Read more on Scientists’ drilling mission on remote and inaccessible glacier

29 September, 2025 Emily Newton

Geoengineering is the hot topic in climate science debate – drawing increasingly emotive and divisive responses, as investment in blue-sky engineering proposals grows and progress on decarbonisation stutters. Geoengineering is …

Read more on Why is everyone talking about geoengineering? | Beyond the Ice

29 September, 2025

London, 29-30 September 2025 – Scientists meeting at The Royal Society in London this week are issuing a stark warning: dramatic and extreme changes in Antarctica are happening faster than …

Read more on Antarctica’s message to the world: scientists sound alarm on extreme events and tipping points

29 January, 2025

Scientists from the University of Cambridge and British Antarctic Survey have used ice core records to draw new conclusions about how Antarctica was affected by increased global temperatures over 100,000 …

Read more on Ancient Antarctic ice loss offers insights into future climate scenarios

20 September, 2024

New science briefing summarises results of the ambitious international collaboration to study Antarctica’s most worrying glacier  Cambridge: A vast area of the Antarctic Ice Sheet continues to retreat as a …

Read more on Grim outlook for Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

13 November, 2023

Antarctica Live Lessons, a new and exciting learning resource, launches today (13 November). Aimed at engaging and inspiring the imaginations of young learners, the platform introduces an array of live, …

Read more on New ‘live lessons’ offer interactive learning for kids

23 October, 2023

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet will continue to increase its rate of melting over the rest of the century, no matter how much we reduce fossil fuel use, according to …

Read more on Increased West Antarctic Ice Sheet melting ‘unavoidable’

19 October, 2023

The Antarctic field season has started, with over 600 people beginning the journey South to work on over 60 projects on station and in the field. The season of work …

Read more on 2023-2024 field season begins for British Antarctic Survey

31 May, 2023

The ground beneath Antarctica’s most vulnerable glacier has been mapped for the first time, helping scientists to better understand how it is being affected by climate change. Analysis of the …

Read more on Ground beneath Thwaites Glacier mapped for first time

30 May, 2023

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is shrinking, with many glaciers across the region retreating and melting at an alarming rate. However, this was not always the case according to new …

Read more on Rocks beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet reveal surprising past

13 April, 2023

Scientists Dr Peter Davis (British Antarctic Survey) and Dr Britney Schmidt (Cornell University) have been named in the 2023 TIME100 annual list of the 100 most influential people in the …

Read more on Scientists named on TIME100 list for Antarctic research

5 September, 2022

New high resolution images of the the seafloor in West Antarctica show past retreat of Thwaites Glacier. They reveal that at times in its past, retreat of the massive Thwaites …

Read more on Seafloor images explain Thwaites Glacier retreat

19 April, 2021

For the first time, researchers have collected data from underneath the remote Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica using an underwater robot.

Read more on Underwater robot reveals how Thwaites Glacier is melting

30 October, 2018

Science and support teams from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are gearing up for the start of the Antarctic summer field season. A major focus for the season is the West …

Read more on New Antarctic field season begins