Between zero and 2,000 icebergs reach Newfoundland each spring, but the warming climate could see an end to Iceberg Alley.
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We need a radical rethink of water resource planning. Strategies should include reusing water and moving water physically to water-scarce areas.
Climate change doesn’t just affect the atmosphere and the oceans, it affects the Earth’s crust as well.
Sending autonomous vehicles to the Southern Ocean can be fraught with anxiety, especially if one of them doesn’t make radio contact when it’s supposed to.
Geometric icebergs can form around Antarctica, although such a perfect rectangle is unusual.
Enormous Antarctic icebergs are a rare but natural occurrence.
A huge iceberg is set to break free from Antarctica. While the iceberg isn’t hugely concerning, it could herald the breakup of the entire Larsen C ice shelf, which could trigger more sea-level rise.
As the world warms, Antarctica’s melting ice will likely reach the point of no return.
Iron and nutrients from Antarctica’s bedrock are carried into the oceans – nourishing entire food webs.
A massive glacier tongue sticking out off the edge of the continent has been snapping off every 70 years.
At 11.40pm local time on the cold, moonless night of 14 April 1912, the crow’s nest lookouts on board the RMS Titanic sighted a large iceberg only 500m ahead. Despite quick action, the iceberg still struck…
Greenland’s largest glacier is melting at the fastest speed ever recorded. Researchers found that the Jakobshavn Glacier…
Antarctica is a desolate place. That much we know, but nothing prepares you for it until you actually get there. It’s cold, windy and lonely. Everything about it is the exact opposite of my normal summer…
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Professor in Earth Systems Science, University of Sheffield
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Glaciologist, Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, University of Tasmania
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Director of the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, University of Tasmania
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Professor in Oceanography and Public Engagement, Utrecht University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Polar Oceanography, The Open University
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Cryosphere System Modeller, Antarctic Gateway Partnership & Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania
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Senior lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, Monash University
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Antarctic Coastal Ocean Modeller, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Research associate, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Glaciology and Remote Sensing, Swansea University
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Research Biologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Deputy Director of the United Nations Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University
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Former Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University
