From the RESEARCH ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS and “it’s just a number” department, comes this breathless press release. Atmospheric CO2 concentration at Syowa Station in Antarctica exceeds 400 ppm…
Category: Antarctic
Increasing Antarctic snowfall may offset sea-level rise
From THE EARTH INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY By mid-century, more Antarctic snowfall may help offset sea-level rise Increasing precipitation masked by natural variability — for now When Antarctica’s air temperature…
Antarctic sea ice may be a source of mercury in southern ocean fish and birds
From the UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE New research has found methylmercury — a potent neurotoxin — in sea ice in the Southern Ocean. Published today in the journal Nature Microbiology, the…
Study: Antarctica has a 'pause' in warming – may be linked to ozone hole stabilization
From the Steig et al. is still dead department: The rapid warming of the Antarctic Peninsula, which occurred from the early-1950s to the late 1990s, has paused. Stabilisation of the…
Study: Ocean warming primary cause of Antarctic Peninsula glacier retreat
A new study has found for the first time that ocean warming is the primary cause of retreat of glaciers on the western Antarctic Peninsula. The Peninsula is one of…
Claim: Climate change may shrink Adélie penguin range by end of century
From NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Climate has influenced the distribution patterns of Adélie penguins across Antarctica for millions of years. The geologic record tells us that as glaciers expanded and covered…
Expanding Antarctic sea ice linked to natural variability
From the NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH/UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH BOULDER — The recent trend of increasing Antarctic sea ice extent — seemingly at odds with climate model projections…
Discovery: Wind-blown Antarctic sea ice helps drive ocean circulation
Study first to quantify influence of Antarctic sea ice Antarctic sea ice is constantly on the move as powerful winds blow it away from the coast and out toward the…
Oh Noes!!! Sea Level Rise to Double… Again!
Guest post by David Middleton Sea levels could rise far more rapidly than expected in coming decades, according to new research that reveals Antarctica’s vast ice cap is less stable…
DeConto and Pollard – An Antarctic Science (Fiction?) Disaster
Readers may recall the announcement of the PR for the recent paper claiming Sea-Level rise from Antarctic ice sheet could double in WUWT. In a tongue and cheek way, I prefaced it…
Oh noes! Model says: Sea-Level rise from Antarctic ice sheet could double
And a bunch of volcanoes could erupt, and a Carrington type solar flare event could happen, and an asteroid could hit the Earth. I worry about these far more than…
Why does the Antarctic sea ice trend resist decline?
From NSIDC: Antarctic sea ice: an update Antarctic sea ice extent continues to make headlines because it has grown even as much of the globe, and Antarctica itself, is warming.…
Warming ocean water undercuts Antarctic ice shelves
From the UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER “Upside-down rivers” of warm ocean water threaten the stability of floating ice shelves in Antarctica, according to a new study led by researchers at…
The Ice Was All Between
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I do my best to maintain my sense of awe regarding the things I study. I’ve had the good fortune in my life to be…
The Warmer The Icier
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A WUWT commenter emailed me with a curious claim. I have described various emergent phenomena that regulate the surface temperature. These operate on time scales…
Colossal Antarctic ice-shelf collapse followed last ice age
From the “things Earth does without our help” department: Study: 100,000 square miles of Ross Ice Shelf disappeared in 1,500 years From RICE UNIVERSITY HOUSTON — (Feb. 18, 2016) —…
Study asks: How stable is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet? Then says doom ahead.
Exceeding critical temperature limits in the Southern Ocean may cause the collapse of ice sheets and a sharp rise in sea levels From the ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE, HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR…
World's largest canyon could be hidden under Antarctic ice sheet
From DURHAM UNIVERSITY The world’s largest canyon may lie under the Antarctic ice sheet, according to analysis of satellite data by a team of scientists, led by Durham University. Although the…
Antarctic Sea Ice as a "cork" to prevent CO2 release
From the UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE and the “thank goodness Antarctic Sea Ice is growing” department comes this surprising finding. Melting of massive ice ‘lid’ resulted in huge release of CO2 at…
An ice core study to determine the timing and duration of historical climate stages
From the RESEARCH ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS An ice core study to determine the timing and duration of historical climate stages Two deep ice cores drilled at the East…
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