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Backed by a decade of experiments that simulate the huge forces involved in glacier sliding, glaciologists have written a “slip law” that can be used in computer models of glacier movement and sea-level rise.
Read moreIrvine, Calif., March 23, 2020 – East Antarctica’s Denman Glacier has retreated 5 kilometers, nearly 3 miles, in the past 22 years, and researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are concerned that the shape of the ground surface beneath the ice sheet could make it even more susceptible to climate-driven collapse.
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Tidewater glaciers, the massive rivers of ice that end in the ocean, may be melting underwater much faster than previously thought, according to a Rutgers co-authored study that used robotic kayaks. The findings, which challenge current frameworks for analyzing ocean-glacier interactions, have implications for the rest of the world’s tidewater glaciers, whose rapid retreat is contributing to sea-level rise.
Read moreIrvine, Calif., Dec. 12, 2019 – A University of California, Irvine-led team of glaciologists has unveiled the most accurate portrait yet of the contours of the land beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet – and, by doing so, has helped identify which regions of the continent are going to be more, or less, vulnerable to future climate warming.
Read moreA new Nature study provides insight into the world’s natural water towers, which are crucial to the welfare of 1.9 billion people.
Read moreGeologist Brent Goehring is joining researchers from across the U.S. and the U.K. to research sea-level rise
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