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Wedell Sea ice source of Antarctic bottom water
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Do the Deep Waters of the Antarctic Form?

by W. Yan 12 July 201619 July 2022

Researchers uncover new insights into the life cycle of water in the Antarctic region by measuring noble gas concentrations.

Antarctica’s-ozone-hole-in-September-2014-which-has-shrunk-by-4.5-million-kilometers-square-miles-since-2000
Posted inNews

Antarctica's Ozone Hole Is Healing, Scientists Say

by JoAnna Wendel 30 June 201629 March 2022

The ozone hole over Antarctica has shrunk by 16% since its peak in 2000, and some suspect it may disappear entirely by midcentury.

A wave glider takes flux measurements in the southern ocean.
Posted inScience Updates

New Approaches for Air-Sea Fluxes in the Southern Ocean

by S. Gille, S. Josey and S. Swart 13 May 20169 February 2022

Air-Sea Fluxes for the Southern Ocean: Strategies and Requirements for Detecting Physical and Biogeochemical Exchanges; Frascati, Italy, 21–23 September 2015

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Antarctica Gets a New Gravity Map

by Sarah Stanley 18 March 201628 October 2021

A comprehensive collection of variation in Earth's gravity could aid studies of the Antarctic geoid and of Antarctica's geology and ice sheet dynamics.

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 inResearch Spotlights

Tracking the Fate of Antarctica's Ice

by Sarah Stanley 9 February 20169 February 2016

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

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Antarctic Meltwater Makes the Ocean Warmer and Fresher

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.

Posted inNews

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.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Climate Change Drives Increasing Snowfall in Western Antarctica

by L. Strelich 21 January 201620 April 2022

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

Posted inScience Updates

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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