Sea ice acts as ‘pacemaker’ for abrupt climate change

Substantial variations in past sea ice cover in the Norwegian Sea were instrumental for several abrupt climate changes in large parts of the world, researchers have found. 

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 6, 2019 • ~5 min

Surface lakes cause Antarctic ice shelves to ‘flex’

The filling and draining of meltwater lakes has been found to cause a floating Antarctic ice shelf to flex, potentially threatening its stability.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 13, 2019 • ~6 min

The search for Endurance

In early January, a team of Cambridge scientists set out on an expedition to study and map the Larsen C ice shelf in western Antarctica, and – ice conditions permitting – search for the wreckage of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance. 

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 24, 2019 • ~1 min

These U.S.-Russia polar bears are doing just fine

The first-ever tally of polar bears off the western coast of Alaska offers some good news: they're healthy and relatively abundant.

Hannah Hickey-UW • futurity
Nov. 16, 2018 • ~7 min

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