There’s a greater need than ever to understand how climate change in Antarctica will have global consequences – but research if getting more difficult.
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A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms.
The Antarctic ice sheet is nearly twice the area of Australia and holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 metres.
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.
Geoengineering proposals to cool the ocean would indeed reduce ice loss from West Antarctica’s glaciers, but not enough to stop sea-level rise or allow the ice sheet to regrow.
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Professor of Glaciology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Geology, Colorado College
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Professor of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Toyama
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Professor of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College
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Principal Scientist, Australian Antarctic Division
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ARC Future Fellow & Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Melbourne
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow in Fluid Dynamics, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania
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Honorary Associate Professor, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol; British Antarctic Survey