#antarctic

Antarctic glacier — A new study has been published that reveals that warm ocean currents are rapidly eating away at Antarctic Glaciers at a rather alarming rate. The key to understanding this comes via a satellite analysis of the grounding lines of Antarctic glaciers. That’s the point at which the glacier rests on […]

Antarctica Glaciers are in trouble – #Climate

This entry was posted in Antarctic Climate Change news science study and tagged #antarctic glacier grounding lines on April 4, 2018 by Dave

sea level rise — There is a new study that highlights what needs to happen if we are going to avoid a dramatic rise in sea level by 2100. The worst case scenario that we are now looking at is a rise of about four feet. The Study It is entitled “Linking sea level […]

What is the worst case scenario for sea level rise?

This entry was posted in Antarctic Climate Change news science and tagged #antarctic global warming sea level rise on November 1, 2017 by Dave

Dotson ice shelf thinning — A new study grants us a bit of further insight into how a warming ocean is impacting the Antarctic. Entitled “Channelized Melting Drives Thinning Under a Rapidly Melting Antarctic Ice Shelf“, it was published a few days ago in Geophysical research Letters (full open access). It describes how the ocean […]

Warm ocean is Rapidly Melting Antarctic Ice Shelf

This entry was posted in Antarctic Climate Change news science and tagged #antarctic Dotson ice shelf on October 13, 2017 by Dave

ice cave — The Antarctic is of course glaciated and very very cold, that is well understood. What is new is the realisation that it is not all a barren lifeless landscape, but instead contains niches where life has potentially gained a foothold in a rather surprising way. Hidden under the ice are Geothermal […]

Life In Warm Steamy Ice Caves Beneath Antarctica’s Glaciers

This entry was posted in Antarctic environment Natural History science and tagged #antarctic ice caves Life on September 15, 2017 by Dave

Last December I was writing about the widening rift that had been measured in the Larsen C Ice Shelf in the Antarctic by NASA’s #ICEBridge. I highlighted the inevitable – the breakup of the Larsen C ice shelf, and pointed out that this was part of the on-going process that had […]

Larsen C has finally split – It is one of the biggest icebergs ever recorded ...

This entry was posted in Antarctic Climate Change environment science and tagged #antarctic climate Larsen C MIDAS MODIS on July 14, 2017 by Dave

Hartmut Hellmer, Frank Kauker, Ralph Timmermann, and Tore Hattermann Alfred of the Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, have published a new paper that focuses on the potential collapse of an Antarctic ice shelf. It is entitled “The Fate of the Southern Weddell Sea Continental […]

Antarctic: Irreversible ocean warming threatens the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf

This entry was posted in Antarctic Climate Change news science and tagged #antarctic Filchner-Ronne ice shelf ocean warming on May 24, 2017 by Dave