The Thwaites Glacier (pictured here) and the Pine Island Glacier are considered the “underbelly” of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet because they are highly susceptible to rapid ice loss. Photo: David Vaughan The two “problem children” of West...
Sermeq Konrad Steffen, as the newly named glacier is called, is a terminal glacier flowing into the Arctic Ocean and is also emblematic of Konrad Steffen, who was closely associated with Greenland’s ice sheet and who also died in an accident there. Image:...
Moulin bleu! (Photo: Poul Christoffersen / Cambridge University) It is no secret that the Greenland ice sheet has the potential to be a major contributor to global sea-level rise: if it melted entirely, the seas would rise by seven metres. This is because, unlike sea...
The ocean bottom seismometer was installed near the calving front of Bowdoin Glacier (Kangerluarsuup Sermia) near Thule in northwestern Greenland over a period of about two weeks. Photo: Evgeny A. Podolskiy, Hokkaido University Until now, seismologists considered...
The Greenland ice sheet has not been included in Arctic mercury budgets despite increasing annual meltwater discharge to the ocean and high mercury levels in Arctic organisms. The results of the current study are likely to change that. Photo: Dr. Michael Wenger...
