In the Antarctic Peninsula, precipitation is increasingly falling as rain rather than snow, with consequences for glaciers, penguins and even scientists.
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The main focus of research in the Antarctic revolves around climate change.
Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is a disaster in slow motion, a polar scientist writes. But in a rare bit of good news, the worst-case scenario may be off the table.
The scientific and broader community must join together to advance Southern Ocean science and protect this vital natural asset.
Few observations exist from before the 2002 Larsen B Ice Shelf collapse. We’ve now estimated how many billions of tons of glacier ice were lost – and what it means for the future.
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.
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Scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
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Professor of Applied Mathematics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow in Fluid Dynamics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, UNSW
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Research Fellow, Antarctic Geoscience, Monash University
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Senior Researcher in Antarctic Remote Sensing, University of Tasmania
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PhD Candidate in Cryospheric Remote Sensing, Durham University
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Professor of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College
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Professor of Glaciology, Newcastle University
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Professor in Geography, University of South Africa