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Map of the Southern Ocean
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An All-Community Push to “Close the Loops” on Southern Ocean Dynamics

by Luke G. Bennetts, Callum J. Shakespeare and Catherine A. Vreugdenhil 12 September 202412 September 2024

A new study highlights the connected nature of the Southern Ocean dynamic system, the research priorities needed to understand its influence on climate change, the importance of cross-disciplinary collaborations.

Photo of the Himalayas.
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Sediment Dampens the Impact of Glaciation on Cenozoic Denudation

by Ann Rowan 9 September 20244 September 2024

Rates of continental-scale sediment flux and denudation are similar between glacial and interglacial periods when the aggradation of glacier-eroded sediment inhibits fluvial erosion downstream.

一只头上绑着天线的海豹坐在草丛中,对着镜头微笑。
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海豹帮助科学家在南极洲别林斯高晋海取得新发现

by Nathaniel Scharping 1 July 20241 July 2024

研究人员通过分析海豹和水下滑翔机收集的水文信息,发现了新的融水流,以及一个新的海底槽。

Repeating rainbow lines overlain on a grayscale topographic map of a section of Thwaites Glacier
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Radar Data Show Thwaites Gets a Daily Bath of Warm Seawater

by Anupama Chandrasekaran 27 June 202427 June 2024

The Doomsday Glacier, predicted to raise global sea level by more than half a meter, could be exposed to more warm ocean water than previously thought.

A meltwater lake surrounded by a ring fracture on Antarctica’s George VI ice shelf.
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Antarctic Ice Doughnuts May Hold the Key to Shelf Collapse

by J. Besl 13 June 202413 June 2024

The first direct record of ring fractures in Antarctic ice shows how the phenomenon could cause rapid ice shelf collapse.

A seal with an antenna strapped to its head sits in a patch of grass and beams at the camera.
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Seals Help Scientists Make Discoveries in Antarctica’s Bellingshausen Sea

by Nathaniel Scharping 4 June 20242 July 2024

By analyzing hydrographic information gathered by seals and an undersea glider, researchers found new meltwater currents, as well as a new seafloor trough.

Floating ice is seen in the foreground, and an ominous storm cloud lies over a distant mountain range.
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Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes

by Ed Struzik 14 May 202414 May 2024

Rain used to be rare in the Arctic, but as the region warms, so-called rain-on-snow events are becoming more common. The rains accelerate ice loss, trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and create problems for wildlife and the Indigenous people who depend on them.

Greenland seen from overhead, with dark stone mountaintops poking out above white snow
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Beneath the Ice: Greenland’s Geology Revealed in New Map

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 26 April 202426 April 2024

Advances in remote sensing offered an opportunity to redraw Greenland’s geologic map for the first time in 15 years.

A gloved hand holding a piece of ice.
Posted inNews

Drilling into Antarctica’s Past

by Rebecca Owen 1 April 20241 April 2024

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet melted rapidly around 8,000 years ago. Could that event foretell the future?

A schematic of the coupled ocean-ice model of rift propagation presented in the paper.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Speed of Ice Shelf Rifting Controlled by Ocean-Ice Interactions

by Susan Trumbore 4 March 20244 March 2024

Scientists report the fastest rate of rift extension yet observed for an Antarctic floating ice shelf and explain why it is far slower than rates expected for brittle ice deformation.

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