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Glaciologists are discovering new ways surface meltwater alters the internal structure of ice sheets, and raising an alarm that sea level rise could be much more abrupt than current models forecast.
To fully understand the extent of climate-related dangers the Arctic – and our planet – is facing, we must focus on organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye.
Scientists have detected a 30% slowdown of the deep ocean currents that form in Antarctica, with profound consequences for Earth’s climate, sea level and marine life.
Fires here can affect meltwater timing and water quality, worsen erosion that triggers mudslides, and much more, as two scientists explain.
In a plot reminiscent of the 2004 movie The Day After Tomorrow?, Australian scientists are warning that the Southern Ocean’s deep “overturning” circulation is slowing and headed for collapse.
Antarctica’s ice shelves have helped insulate it from dangerous levels of ice loss. But this is changing.
Melting lakes on ice shelves can widen cracks within them - new research shows how these lakes change across the world’s largest sheet.
Glaciers in North America, Europe and the Andes, in particular, have significantly less ice than people realized.
Constructed ice domes release water during dry periods when rain is blocked by high mountain ranges, stifling essential crop cultivation for rural communities.
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CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO
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Scientia Professor and Deputy Director of the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS), UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate in Cryospheric Remote Sensing, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Professor of Geography and the Environment, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College
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Senior Researcher in Antarctic Remote Sensing, University of Tasmania
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Scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
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Postdoctoral associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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University of Southampton
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Reader in Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of Glaciology, Fulbright Scholar, University of Tromsø
