Modeling the past and future of Antarctica's Aurora Subglacial Basin water flow

Even the dog sled routes helped compile the most accurate map of the landforms of the icy giant continent.

Modeling the past and future of Antarctica's Aurora Subglacial Basin water flow

A pair of researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada, working with a colleague from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the U.S., have created a model to visualize how water flows in Antarctica's Aurora Subglacial Basin and how it might flow in coming decades. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, Anna-Mireilla Hayden, Tyler Pelle and Christine Dow suggest that water flowing beneath the ice in the Antarct…

University of Waterloo - Snapshot of Antarctica's past helps predict future climate

In the first study to consider the long-term evolution of the rivers that flow beneath glaciers, researchers have new insights into the future of Antarctica's melting i. . .

Subglacial Hydrology Under the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors. Source: Geophysical Research Letters The melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is a significant factor in determining the rate of future sea level rise due to global warming. Yet, our understanding of the dynamics and melting of this ice sheet is very limited. For the first time, Ehrenfeucht et al. [2025] provide the continental-scale subglacial hydrology under the Antarct…

Environmental News Network - Snapshot of Antarctica’s Past Helps Predict Future Climate

In the first study to consider the long-term evolution of the rivers that flow beneath glaciers, researchers have new insights into the future of Antarctica’s melting ice that may change the way climate scientists predict the effects of a warming planet.

Antarctica without snow and ice, this is what it looks like – The Observatorial

Maps|Even the dog sled routes helped to assemble a map that is the most accurate icy gigantic surface. The abstract is made by artificial intelligence and checked by man. Researchers have put together the most accurate published map under the ice and snow. Its name is Bedmap3. The map is based on satellite images, radar […]