Antarctica
Antarctic ice shelf thinning is speeding up
Posted in Featured, Science on 28th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Scientists have their best view yet of the status of Antarctica's floating ice shelves and they find them to be thinning at an accelerating rate.
How changes in the Earth's orbit can affect the Antarctic ice caps
Posted in Science on 9th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
The Earth's orbit, while a concept that is light-years away, is hitting close to home, affecting the stability of Eastern Antarctic ice caps.
GPS to Track Ice Migration in Real Time
Posted in Science on 1st Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller
Antarctica's melting ice sheets have been a major contributor to global sea level increases over the last decade, and the losses are expected to accelerate.
Antarctic photo science archive unlocked
Posted in Science on 20th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller
The images have long been around, but it's only now that we've had the capability to extract the 3D data from them.
West Antarctic Melt Rate Has Tripled
Posted in Featured, Science on 5th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller
A comprehensive, 21-year analysis of the fastest-melting region of Antarctica has found that the melt rate of glaciers there has tripled during the last decade.