Living sustainably has its challenges, but none greater than in the climate and geography of Antarctica.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Antarctic ice sheet
Displaying 21 - 27 of 27 articles
New research shows that warming by more than 2°C could be a tipping point for Antarctica’s ice sheets, resulting in widespread meltdown and changes to the world’s shorelines for centuries to come.
These lakes could threaten the future stability of parts of the Antarctic ice sheet.
Studies show that the Arctic is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the planet.
Parts of Antarctica’s largest ice shelf are melting ten times faster than the rest of the shelf, and solar heated waters below the ice are to blame.
Antarctica studies show sea level rise may be happening faster than we’re planning for, and airports will be hit hard.
Sea levels could rise by two metres by 2100, sparking a refugee crisis unlike anything the world has ever seen.
Top contributors
-
Professor in Earth Sciences, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
-
Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, University of Technology Sydney
-
Research associate, University of Tasmania
-
Adjunct professor, University of Lapland
-
Professor & Head, School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment; expert on glaciers and ice sheets, Monash University
-
Professor in Ocean Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
-
CEO, Natural Hazards Research Australia, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University
-
Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of Southampton
-
Professor of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison
-
Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Manchester Metropolitan University
-
Pro Vice Chancelllor, Cranfield University
-
Reader, Manchester Metropolitan University
-
Assistant Professor of Geophysics and Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
-
Research Professor of Geography and Director, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado Boulder
-
Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
