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A new study found parts of Antartica could pass a tipping point for mass ice sheet losses as soon as 2050 – pushing sea levels 2 metres higher by 2300 than currently predicted.
Interestingly, we also found a major period of ice loss in Antarctica was followed by a period of gain, starting some 5,000 years ago.
Researchers have surveyed an Antarctic under-ice river for the first time directly, and their observations support the idea that such sub-glacial rivers form estuaries as they flow into the ocean.
Two centuries after it was first sighted by Russian explorers, Antarctica is a key site for studying the future of Earth’s climate – and for global scientific cooperation.
Emperor Penguins thrive in harsh conditions, but a new study shows that their fate depends on human action to slow global warming and associated loss of sea ice.
New research shows that ocean and air temperatures both contributed to the melting of Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf in the past, but melting from below by a warming ocean became more important over time.
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Professor in Ocean Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Earth Sciences New Zealand
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Associate Dean and Principal Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Research Fellow, Monash University
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Director of Research Communications, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Research Scientist, ETH Zurich
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Ice Sheet & Climate Modeller, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Principal Scientist, Australian Antarctic Division
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Professor of Antarctic Studies, School of Humanities, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Tasmania