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New research shows that meltwater lakes do not just weigh down floating ice shelves, they cause them to fracture. This fracturing could cause vulnerable ice shelves to collapse, causing contributions to sea level rise CIRES earth.ox.ac.uk/2024/05/ice-sh…

Staff Members and Associates at the Scott Polar Research Institute are amongst a group of scientists who have made the first ever direct observations of ice shelf fracture due to meltwater loading in Antarctica! shar.es/agsDVR Dr Rebecca Dell Ian Willis Dr. Alison Banwell

ICYMI: New work led by CIRES' Dr. Alison Banwell shows that ice shelves don’t just buckle under the weight of meltwater lakes—they fracture. Ian Willis Dr Rebecca Dell cires.colorado.edu/news/ice-shelv…

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Our recently published Int. Glaciol. Soc. paper features in Boulder's local newspaper today! Our study made the first field observations of #Antarctic ice-shelf fracture induced by the weight of a surface meltwater lake: doi.org/10.1017/jog.20… CIRES National Snow and Ice Data Center British Antarctic Survey 🐧 CU Boulder Arts and Sciences

New AGU's Eos story spotlights research led by Dr. Alison Banwell. The work shows that ice shelves don’t just buckle under the weight of meltwater lakes — they fracture. Read more ⤵️

ICYMI: New AGU's Eos story spotlights research led by Dr. Alison Banwell. The work shows that ice shelves don’t just buckle under the weight of meltwater lakes — they fracture. ⤵️ eos.org/articles/antar…

Interested in the drivers of the recently observed seasonal land-ice-flow in Antarctica? Our new JGR-Earth Surface paper reveals summertime speed-up in the Antarctic Peninsula can be attributed to both surface and oceanic forcing. Read for free here: doi.org/10.1029/2023JF…

Our new paper out today in Nature Geoscience! We identify the possibility of rapid changes in the distance warm water can intrude - and melt - the bottom of ice sheets. nature.com/articles/s4156… Bryony Freer and I wrote an explainer for Carbon Brief carbonbrief.org/guest-post-the…

Today we have published our latest work in Nature Geoscience Slush accounts for more than half on Antarctica’s surface meltwater area at the peak of the melt season! The paper is freely available here: doi.org/10.1038/s41561… Ian Willis Dr. Alison Banwell Sophie de Roda Husman 1/5

57% of all meltwater on Antarctic ice shelves is held in the form of slush, with the remaining amount in surface ponds & lakes, according to work co-authored by CIRES' Dr. Alison Banwell. Ian Willis @rebeccadell1@scottpolar Read more from Cambridge University ⤵️ cam.ac.uk/stories/antarc…

Excited to be part of this new Nature Geoscience study led by Dr Rebecca Dell Scott Polar Research Institute: doi.org/10.1038/s41561…

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Article: Substantial contribution of slush to meltwater area across Antarctic ice shelves Dr Rebecca Dell Dr. Alison Banwell @sderodahusman Ian Willis nature.com/articles/s4156…

Air temperatures in #Antarctica have reached 28C above average on some days this winter 🥵 theguardian.com/world/article/…

THIS WINS THE DAY!!!!