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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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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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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