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Climate change is making ocean levels rise in two ways. It’s a problem that will endure even after the world stabilizes and slashes greenhouse gas pollution.
If the world is to adapt to sea level rise with minimal cost, we must address the uncertainty surrounding Antarctica’s melting ice sheet. This requires significant investment in scientific capacity.
Glaciers aren’t sterile wastelands – they’re chock-full of microscopic life.
When Antarctica’s land-based ice melts, the land bounces up slightly as the weight of the ice lifts. This affects sea levels across the world, but not enough to offset sea-level rise.
Our new research shows the island’s largest glaciers are losing ice faster than previously thought.
The Laptev Sea is one of the Arctic’s biggest nurseries of new sea ice in winter, but Siberia’s record summer heat may have halted production.
Studies show that the Arctic is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the planet.
Sea levels could rise by two metres by 2100, sparking a refugee crisis unlike anything the world has ever seen.
The ice sheet is melting and permafrost is thawing. What’s happening in Greenland will speed up climate change across the world.
Greenland’s ice is largely responsible for the accelerating pace of sea-level rise. A new analysis shows that, while Greenland accounted for just 5% of the rise in 1993, that figure rose to 25% by 2014.
A glaciologist develops a lightweight method for probing the depths of Greenland’s ice sheet to answer a crucial question: How fast is it melting?
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of Bristol
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Chair Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Director of the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, University of Tasmania
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Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Senior Lecturer, Surveying and Spatial Sciences, School of Technology, Environments and Design, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct professor, University of Lapland
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Professor of Geosciences, The University of Montana
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Research associate, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University
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Research Professor of Geography and Director, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Princeton University
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Professor of Glaciology, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona
