Arctic sea ice: a cool start to spring
CPOM’s Danny Feltham describes the current state of the Arctic sea ice and explains the uncertainties on Reading University’s Weather and Climate blog.
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CryoSat extends its reach on the Arctic
CryoSat has delivered this year’s map of autumn sea-ice thickness in the Arctic, revealing a small decrease in ice volume. In a new phase for ESA’s ice mission, the measurements can now also be used to help vessels navigate…
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Migrating ‘supraglacial’ lakes could trigger future Greenland ice loss
CPOM scientists have found that predictions of Greenland ice loss and its impact on rising sea levels may have been greatly underestimated. The finding follows a new study, published in Nature Climate Change, in which the future distribution of lakes that form…
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Arctic ice cap slides into the ocean
Satellite images have revealed that a remote Arctic ice cap has thinned by more than 50 metres since 2012 – about one sixth of its original thickness – and that it is now flowing 25 times faster. CPOM scientists combined…
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