KEYWORD

climate modeling

Antarctic ice shelf and ocean.

UC Irvine team track massive ice loss from Berry Glacier in West Antarctica

Satellite data enabled scientists to see the intrusion of warm water in subglacial cavities

Photo-like satellite image of southern Greenland on the afternoon of September 4, 2022. Bare, dirty ice at the margin of the ice sheet appears gray. Snow-covered ice is bright white. Pale blue ribbons and circles are lakes, rivers and ponds of melt water.

UC Irvine Earth system scientists discover missing piece in climate models

Their update accounts for the effects of overlooked physical properties in ice