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The Ross Ice Shelf
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Drilling into the Past to Predict the Future

by D. Williams 17 September 2019

Climate change is at the center of a remarkable international drilling operation into Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf.

Aerial photo of an ice shelf projecting into the sea
Posted inNews

Warm Water Is Rapidly Eroding Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf

by Katherine Kornei 7 May 201928 September 2021

The underside of the world’s largest ice shelf is melting—by meters per year in some places—because of the seasonal inflow of water heated by the Sun, observations of the White Continent reveal. 

Ice motion measurement
Posted inEditors' Vox

Ocean Tides Affect Ice Loss from Large Polar Ice Sheets

by L. Padman and M. R. Siegfried 20 February 201820 February 2018

A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics discusses how ocean tides affect the motion of, and loss of ice from, the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.

A closeup of a rift in the Larsen C ice sheet in 2016.
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Six Points of Perspective on Larsen C’s Huge New Iceberg

by JoAnna Wendel and M. Kumar 12 July 201714 July 2017

A Delaware-sized slab of ice just broke off Antarctica. Now what?

Posted inEditors' Vox

The Uncertain Future of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

by T. J. Hughes 23 June 20174 February 2018

A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics discusses how climate change could affect ice streams, ice sheets, ice shelves, and sea ice in Antarctica.

Scientists identify a crack in the Pine Island Glacier as the culprit behind an iceberg that broke off in 2015
Posted inResearch Spotlights

West Antarctic Ice Shelf Breaking Up from the Inside Out

by Lauren Lipuma 4 January 201710 February 2017

Researchers trace the origin of a 2015 iceberg to a crack that formed deep beneath the ice.

Lake Palcacocha, which flooded the city of Huaraz, Peru, in 1941.
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Focusing the Human Lens on Glacial Outburst Floods

by JoAnna Wendel 17 June 20167 September 2016

To better prepare mountain communities for possible floods, experts say that it is important to understand the communities themselves.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

At the Intersection of Ice and Water

by Kate Wheeling 9 March 20169 March 2016

Scientists observe ice dynamics in water-terminating glaciers around the world to better understand how the process of subaqueous melt drives ice loss.

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.

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

by JoAnna Wendel 14 August 20157 September 2016

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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