While satellites are excellent for analyzing other features of sea ice in Antarctica, including its coverage, they are less effective at determining fast ice thickness. A recent study has provided ...

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its ...

Scientists have successfully analyzed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, which will prove useful to measure future impacts of climate ...

and we're only now just scratching the surface of Antarctic sea ice, especially in respect to thickness”. “We want to understand how it is changing and how that integrates with climate and ...

“Ice thickness data gives you information ... “Our reassessment of West Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise if the ice sheet was to collapse is about 3.3 metres,” he said.

Climate change − a global phenomenon − can neither be confirmed nor disproven by comparing Antarctic sea ice extent on two individual days.

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have successfully analysed more than 30 years of vital data on the ...

In the Antarctic, data prior to the satellite era are even more ... Data from this instrument are converted into maps of sea ice thickness—a useful tool for tracking change over time and for ...

The highest areas on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Antarctic Peninsula are about 2,500 meters (8,200 feet) above sea level. Ice sheet flow is a function of surface slope, ice thickness, and ...

Record-Low Antarctic Sea Ice Can Be Explained and Forecast ... Warming winters are not only affecting ice thickness and timing -- when a lake ... Arctic Warming May Fuel Ice Formation in Clouds ...