As the UK is basking in its first prolonged spell of sunshine for some time, we’re focusing on colder parts of the world in the blog looking at the latest news in terms of ice monitoring. We’re starting with some … Continue reading
Two interesting, and indirectly linked, articles were published in the last few weeks looking at how satellite imagery and remote sensing techniques are being used to monitor changes in glaciers across the globe. Firstly, the paper ‘Global Assessment of Supraglacial … Continue reading
Two interesting pieces of scientific research this week have looked at the changing aspects of both the bottom and the top of the Antarctic continent. As the Antarctic ice sheet is the largest reservoir of fresh water on the planet, … Continue reading
There’s been a flurry of reports in the last couple of weeks, reporting melting ice and retreating glaciers in Greenland and the Himalayas respectively. A paper by McMillan et al (2016), titled ‘A high-resolution record of Greenland mass balance’ and … Continue reading
