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Antarctica

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Ocean Waves Vibrating the Ross Ice Shelf

by L. Strelich 26 February 201613 January 2022

Scientists use seismic stations to study ice shelf vibrations generated by ocean waves to better understand their impact on the integrity of the Ross Ice Shelf.

Posted inNews

Pleistocene Rocks Tell Tale of Past Ice Sheet Melting

by S. Kelleher 11 February 20163 July 2023

Researchers examine evidence from a past interglacial period to predict sea level rise in the future.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracking the Fate of Antarctica's Ice

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 9 February 201617 March 2023

New, more accurate satellite data provide researchers with ice shelf thickness measurements that will allow for better ice loss monitoring.

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Antarctic Meltwater Makes the Ocean Warmer and Fresher

Cody Sullivan by C. Sullivan 1 February 20169 August 2022

Scientists model how Antarctic meltwater from specific locations could affect the Antarctic Bottom Water, ocean temperatures, and salinity.

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Antarctic Ice May Harbor Huge Network of Canyons

by S. Kelleher 22 January 20166 June 2022

Scientists saw hints in satellite data of dramatic geologic features under thousands of meters of ice in a little-probed part of East Antarctica. Now they are using airborne radar to explore further.

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Climate Change Drives Increasing Snowfall in Western Antarctica

by L. Strelich 21 January 201614 March 2023

Using ice core records from West Antarctica, researchers look back at the past 300 years of snowfall over the Amundsen Sea.

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Drones in a Cold Climate

by G. D. Williams, A. D. Fraser, A. Lucieer, D. Turner, E. Cougnon, P. Kimball, T. Toyota, T. Maksym, H. Singh, F. Nitsche and M. Paget 19 January 201611 January 2022

As climate change reshapes the Earth's polar regions, scientists turn to drone-mounted cameras to measure sea ice. One expedition found out that flying drones near Antarctica isn't easy.

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Antarctic Sediment Plume Disrupts Deep-Water Community

by S. Kelleher 1 December 201514 December 2022

Increased sedimentation from a melting glacier inhibits filter feeders in an Antarctic fjord.

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Ice Loss Benefits Adélie Penguins—For Now

Cody Sullivan by C. Sullivan 19 November 201525 April 2022

New research that may presage effects of climate change on this species looks back 22,000 years, finding robust growth in the East Antarctic population as melting followed the last ice age.

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Priorities for Antarctic Research: Glaciers, Genomes, and Cosmic Waves

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 14 August 201517 March 2023

The next decade of research should focus on the need to understand the changing Antarctic environment and how organisms adapt to it, a high-level report says.

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