A joint team from the Franco-Swiss Alpine regions has published an article in Nature exploring the natural areas that will be exposed by retreating glaciers between now and 2100, calling for recognition of this unique character and the services these areas provide to...
Claude Lorius was one of the most famous French polar explorers (here in Antarctica in 2008) and, thanks to a glass of whisky with ice, came up with the idea of using glass bubbles in ice to study atmospheric gases from times past. In doing so, he laid an important...
Icefin is an underwater robot that describes the environment under ice shelves using sensors including sonar, camera, chemo-sensitive and bio-sensitive probes. Image: NASA PSTAR RISEUP / Schmidt The launch of an underwater vehicle offers a precise view of the...
New Zealander Hollie Woodhouse on the Greenland ice sheet in May 2018. Image: New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust Inspiring Explorers Expedition / Keith Parsons Extreme environments, such as the poles, would shape a personality type that faces hardships rather than...
Since the late 1990s, the baseline of Thwaites Glacier has retreated inland by 14 kilometers. Much of the ice sheet is below sea level, making it vulnerable to rapid, irreversible ice loss. Global sea levels could then rise by more than half a meter within centuries....
