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Ice cliffs in Pine Island Bay

‘Scars’ left by icebergs record West Antarctic ice retreat

25 Oct 2017

Thousands of marks on the Antarctic seafloor, caused by icebergs which broke free from glaciers more than ten thousand years ago, show how part of...

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Antarctic Ice Sheet study reveals 8,000-year record of climate change

12 Dec 2016

An international team of researchers has found that the Antarctic Ice Sheet plays a major role in regional and global climate variability – a...

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Scientist explores remains of supraglacial lake after it has drained

Greenland Ice Sheet more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought

29 Sep 2014

A new study finds that the Greenland Ice Sheet, which covers 1.7 million square kilometres and contains enough ice to raise sea levels worldwide by...

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Isfjord, Ilulissat, Diskobay, West Greenland

Lakes discovered beneath Greenland Ice Sheet

28 Nov 2013

The subglacial lakes are the first to be identified in Greenland.

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RRS James Clark Ross

Team sets out to research Antarctic ice loss

09 Sep 2013

Scientists from Cambridge University are joining a team of British researchers embarking on an ambitious mission to the Antarctic to learn more about...

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Greenland

Scientists raise concerns regarding erroneous reporting of Greenland ice cover

19 Sep 2011

Scientists from the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) have raised concerns regarding what they believe are erroneous claims of a 15% decrease in...

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