Greenland shed ice at unprecedented rate in 2019; Antarctica continues to lose mass
UCI, NASA JPL project tracking Earth-sensing satellite turnover yields striking results
UCI, NASA JPL project tracking Earth-sensing satellite turnover yields striking results
UCI glaciologists play key roles on international assessment team
New findings will help scientists predict climate change impact on frozen continent
Project utilized 25 years of data from six international satellite missions
UCI, South American glaciologists characterize protected region with new methods
A study by scientists from UCI and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has revealed a gigantic cavity on the underside of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. The hole is reportedly two-thirds the area of Manhattan, about 1,000 feet tall and expanding. The findings were published today in Science Advances. The researchers expected to find gaps between […]
Climate change-induced melting will raise global sea levels for decades to come
Carbon Brief, a website devoted to the analysis of energy policy and climate change science, has published a list of the 10 climate research papers in 2018 that received the most global media attention, and two originated at UCI. The rankings are based on scores tabulated by Altmetric, which tracks and measures exposure of academic […]
Usually seen as less vulnerable, they carry the potential to add 16 feet to global sea level
UCI scientists are part of international team conducting 25-year assessment