The researchers have published their analysis, "Ocean warming drives rapid dynamic activation of marine-terminating glacier on the west Antarctic Peninsula," in Nature Communications. Between ...
There is indirect evidence that, during the last interglacial period, about 125,000 years ago, parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated. An ice core drilled from the ice sheet near the ...
Research Interests: Thwaites Glacier, surface mass balance, extreme snowfall events, Antarctic atmospheric rivers I research the impacts of snowfall and extreme precipitation events on the surface ...
A major ice shelf in Antarctica appears to have survived a period of hot temperatures more than 120,000 years ago, indicating that the West Antarctic ice sheet may not be vulnerable to complete ...
Pine Island Glacier (PIG), the longest and fastest ... real climate changes that are also affecting this part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Satellite and airborne measurements have recorded ...
Dr Sarah Thompson, a glaciologist with the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, said Denman Glacier was of interest because it contained so much water. “The Denman Glacier is one of the ...