New research shows tides influence how ocean heat is transported under Antarctica’s floating ice shelves, changing the energy available to melt the ice from below.
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Changes in shipping routes can end up altering the physical state of distant mountains, as well as creating other fallouts.
Bolivia is home to nearly a fifth of the world’s tropical glaciers. but they are shrinking at an alarming rate.
With the loss of sea ice, tiny filter feeders known as ‘salps’ can thrive, while shrimp-like krill lose out.
With an average temperature of -50°C, Antarctica’s first-ever 100% natural sanctuary protects endangered ice cores from global warming.
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Étudiant-chercheur au doctorat en génie des eaux, Université Laval
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Professeur, chimie, Université Laval
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Emeritus Professor of Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern
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Professeur titulaire en hydrologie des régions froides, Université Laval
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Associate Professor, Earth & Environmental Science, University of Exeter
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Principal Investigator, Bio-optical Oceanography, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
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Professor of Marine Ecology, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
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Executive Co-Director, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg
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Professor in Glaciology, University of Otago
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Professor in Ocean Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Earth Sciences New Zealand
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Marine Physicist, Earth Sciences New Zealand