SV3: Still in our hands
Credit: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. Components of the Earth system are expected to undergo abrupt and irreversible changes once global warming has crossed their specific threshold...
Measuring Antarctic ice cracks with new data tool
Thwaites glacier. Credit: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. A new data tool is helping scientists measure how – and where – Antarctic ice is cracking in areas such as the ‘Doomsday’ Thwaites Glacier. A total collapse of the roughly 80-mile-wide Thwaites...
Ancient river landscapes control ice flow in East Antarctica
The Windmill Islands (Wilkes Land), looking towards Vanderford Glacier. Credit: David Small. The remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica have been discovered. The findings could help predictions of future loss...