The Antarctic ice sheet does not behave as one single tipping element, but as a set of interacting basins with different critical thresholds. This is the finding of a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)…
Rūta, please introduce yourself. I’m Rūta Hamilton, Post-Award Programme Manager at UK Research and Innovation – British Antarctic Survey. Tell us about your professional and academic career before becoming part of the OCEAN ICE community. My academic background is in languages. I completed a Bachelor’s degree…
Anna Olivé Abelló wrote an article stating for IGE website: Antarctic icebergs are huge ice blocks that break off from glaciers and floating ice shelves and drift through the Southern Ocean. As these icebergs melt and release freshwater, they modify…
The autonomous underwater vehicle, Ran, was programmed to dive into the cavity of Dotson ice shelf, West Antarctica, and scan the ice above it with an advanced sonar. For 27 days, the submarine travelled a total of over 1.000 kilometres…
Andrew Meijers presented the white paper that has emerged from the September OCEAN ICE/SOOS workshop on ice covered oceans at both the TRICUSO annual scientific meeting and the PROS4SORP international seminar series. The TRICUSO (an EU infrastructure project) meeting (Bergen, 13-15th January) focused…