CPOM is seeking an excellent PhD candidate to work at the interface of climate and space science. Using Earth Observation data acquired by satellites such as CryoSat-2, the European Space Agency’s mission dedicated to monitoring the polar regions, you…
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An almost 25-year long record of elevation change of some of Antarctica’s fastest flowing and receding glaciers reveals important differences in the timing of retreat between single glaciers and the pace by which the ice loss spreads to Antarctica’s interior,…
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There is set to be only 10,500 cubic kilometres of sea ice in the Arctic this month – the joint lowest of any November on record – according to satellite observations processed by CPOM. Although sea ice volume did not…
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The most recent, detailed picture of ice loss from Greenland is presented in a new study, published online today in Geophysical Research Letters. A team of scientists, led by researchers from the UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling at…
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ESA is holding a new advanced Cryosphere Training Course devoted to training the next generation of Earth Observation (EO) scientists to exploit data from ESA and operational EO Missions for science and applications development. Postgraduate and postdoctoral research scientists, and…
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CPOM scientists have found that Arctic sea ice volume increased markedly in the summer of 2013 compared to the previous three years, as less of the ice melted due to lower air temperatures. The research, published in Nature Geoscience, suggests…
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CPOM’s Harry Heorton blogs about sea ice formation and dynamics and why it’s important for global climate on the Reading Meteorology Department blog here.
This image combining two scans by Sentinel-1A’s radar shows that parts of the Pine Island glacier flowed about 100 m (in pink) between 3 March and 15 March 2015. Light blue represents stable ice on either side of the stream….
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17 April 2015 Although Arctic sea ice set a record this year for its lowest ever winter extent, it was on average 25cm thicker than in 2013 when CryoSat recorded its lowest winter volume. The latest measurements also show that…
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Having just celebrated its milestone fifth birthday, CryoSat has become the first mission to provide information on Arctic sea ice thickness in real-time as an aid to maritime activities. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) CryoSat satellite has been measuring the…
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