East Antarctica, which holds the potential of raising global sea level by almost 200 feet, has long been considered stable and unlikely to change in the future. But recent observations have hinted that East Antarctica is starting to wake. #TottenGlacier In this briefing, researchers will present new findings on how a group of glaciers in…
Is unavoidable sea level rise an engineering problem, do we have the capabilities for a technological fix? John C. Moore from the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland presents these ideas in his October 2018 talk, “Stopping the flood – Can we engineer ice sheets and save the homes of a billion people?” Open…
Part of Victoria University of Wellington’s Inaugural lecture series. Speaker: Professor Andrew Mackintosh Andrew Mackintosh https://twitter.com/amacglac
SOURCE ‘Wild card’ volcanic activity may add to climate change-induced sea level rise https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/volcano-antarctic-ice-melting-pine-island-glacier-sea-level-climate-change-global-warming-a8423131.html Evidence of an active volcanic heat source beneath the Pine Island Glacier https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04421-3 Scientists discover 91 volcanoes below Antarctic ice sheet https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/12/scientists-discover-91-volcanos-antarctica NASA Antarctic Mission Operation ICE Bridge 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxog-aa_jo South Pole Volcano Eruption – Mt. Erebus Blasting Massive Molten Lava…
Mass balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2017 – ocean-driven melting has caused rates of ice loss from West Antarctica to increase from 53 ± 29 billion to 159 ± 26 billion tonnes per year; ice-shelf collapse has increased the rate of ice loss from the Antarctic Peninsula from 7 ± 13 billion to 33 ± 16 billion tonnes per…
Presentation by Peter Clark from Rutgers University, Sea-level Rise Over the Next 100 to 10,000 Years in Response to Global Warming: An Update to IPCC AR5 (April 2018).
Past studies of Antarctica’s accelerated glacier retreat focused on regional trends, a new study now finds continental trends of over ten percent of marine terminating glaciers moving inland. Current peak retreat has been documented to be in the ballpark of 25 meters each single year. Read Chris Mooney’s Washington Post article study summary goo.gl/HuxtxL /…
“The 2017 Pine Island Glacier and Larsen C Ice Shelf Calving Events” presented by Christopher Shuman. Originally presented at the Fall AGU 2017 conference on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 3:45 p.m.
Penguins investigate a camera, take selfie, left behind by a researcher of the Australian Antarctic Division. Another penguin jumps into the boat of the researchers.