Ice sheets Archives

New research shows restoring ice melt rates in The Amundsen Sea Embayment to present-day levels within the next century could limit ice discharge and sea level contribution, however a long-term increase in ice accumulation is necessary to reverse ice loss in the region

NicolaRobsonBortun 9th April 2024

Global mean sea level has been rising rapidly in recent years and will continue to do so for centuries. The Amundsen Sea Embayment in West Antarctica is a crucial region for ice loss and therefore sea level contributions. The Pine…
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Antarctic, Ice sheets

CPOM publishes paper ‘Multipeak retracking of radar altmetry waveforms over ice sheets’ in Remote Sensing of Environment

NicolaRobsonBortun 6th February 2024

CPOM publishes paper ‘Multipeak retracking of radar altimetry waveforms over ice sheets’ in Remote Sensing of Environment, introducing a new processing approach, aimed at overcoming challenges associated with using radar altimetry to measure ice sheet changes over rugged coastal topography…
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Antarctic, Greenland, Ice sheets, Sea level rise

What is ‘firn’, and how does it impact the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets?

NicolaRobsonBortun 23rd January 2024

‘Firn On Ice Sheets’, by The Firn Symposium Team, was published today in Nature Reviews Earth and Environment (23.1.24). The paper explains what firn is, what affects it, and the future of firn, as well as discussing how research in…
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Antarctic, Greenland, Ice caps, Ice sheets, Land ice, Sea level rise

Polar ice sheet melting records have toppled during the past decade

Lucy 21st April 2023

Press release: 20 April 2023, Northumbria University – Polar ice sheet melting records have toppled during the past decade | Northumbria University, Newcastle The seven worst years for polar ice sheets melting and losing ice have occurred during the past…
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Antarctic, Arctic, CryoSat, Ice sheets, Sea level rise, Uncategorised

CRYO2ICE Greenland Campaign 2022

Lucy 25th April 2022

The following blog was written by PhD researcher, Amy Swiggs based at the University of Leeds. Andy Shepherd, Inès Otosaka, Anne Braakmann-Folgmann and I travelled to Greenland in Spring 2022 for the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) CRYO2ICE campaign. The campaign…
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Arctic, Blog, CryoSat, Greenland, Ice sheets

World’s ice is melting faster than ever

Lucy 25th November 2021

ESA – World’s ice is melting faster than ever As global temperatures increase, the melting of the massive ice sheets that blanket Antarctica and Greenland has accelerated, making a significant contribution to sea-level rise. In total, Earth is losing around…
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Antarctic, Greenland, Ice sheets, Public Engagement, Sea level rise

Extreme ice melting in Greenland raises global flood risk

Lucy 2nd November 2021

Article first published by the University of Leeds – 02.11.21 Global warming has caused extreme ice melting events in Greenland to become more frequent and more intense over the past 40 years according to new research, raising sea levels…
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Arctic, Ice sheets, Sea level rise

Deep Learning for Ice Sheet Satellite Altimetry

Lucy 10th May 2021

Supervisors: Dr Mal McMillan, Dr Amber Leeson, Dr Ce Zhang, Adam Sykulski Institute: Lancaster University Overview The rationale: Melting of Earth’s Polar ice sheets contributes approximately one-third of global sea level rise. As Earth’s climate warms, this contribution will increase…
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CryoSat, Ice sheets, Sea level rise

European State of the Climate 2020 Report

Lucy 23rd April 2021

CPOM contributed to the European State of the Climate 2020 report, an annual report compiled by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and implemented by ECMWF on behalf of the European Commission. This year, we contributed to two sections: the…
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Antarctic, Greenland, Ice sheets

Glaciers accelerate in the Getz region of West Antarctica

Lucy 23rd February 2021

Article first published by University of Leeds Glaciers in West Antarctica are moving more quickly from land into the ocean, contributing to rising global sea levels. A 25-year record of satellite observations has been used to show widespread increases…
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Antarctic, Ice sheets, Sea level rise