An international team, including University of Canterbury Associate Professor Wolfgang Rack and researchers from Cambridge and Newcastle universities, UK, have used a combination of historical satellite measurements, along with ocean and atmosphere records, to gain the most detailed understanding of how ice conditions are changing along the 1400km-long eastern Antarctic Peninsula. More at the source
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Days of Ice celebration postponed to February 2022
The Days of Ice celebration has been postponed from October 8 – 25 to February 24 – March 6, 2022. This is due to the current COVID-19 outbreak in New Zealand, which is creating too much uncertainty around alert levels and the ability to operate large public events in October. Days of Ice celebrates Åtautahi…
The Bird that measures Antarctic Ice
The Bird that measures Antarctic Ice It’s a bird, it’s a plane…It’s a laser-shooting electromagnetic ice device! Adrian Tan (radar engineer), Associate Professor Wolfgang Rack and Field Support Malaika Davies with the EM Bird, Scott Base. Their electromagnetic induction device (the ‘EM Bird’) is suspended 20 metres below a helicopter and flown just 15 metres…
UC hosts annual celebration of snow, ice and climate research
UC hosts annual celebration of snow, ice and climate research The University of Canterbury (UC) is proud to welcome hundreds of snow and ice researchers to campus this week, as hosts of a special combined event from Antarctica New Zealand and the Snow and Ice Research Group (SIRG). Cass Field Station. Photo: University of Canterbury…
Proglacial lakes are accelerating glacier ice loss
Proglacial lakes are accelerating glacier ice loss Meltwater lakes that form at glacier margins cause ice to recede much further and faster compared to glaciers that terminate on land, according to a new study. But the effects of these glacial lakes are not represented in current ice loss models, warn the study authors. Photo courtesy…
The impact of climate change on ice tourism
The impact of climate change on ice tourism What do we do when our glaciers are on a constant retreat, but people still flock to them? “We need to work with nature not against it. As things get warmer, people will have to adapt their expectations.” Stuff.co.nz caught up with Dr Heather Purdie from UC’s…
Days of Ice brings Antarctica to life
David Kennedy, Head of the Christchurch Antarctic Office, part of ChristchurchNZ, said he was “excited to see an expansion of events around the traditional Antarctic season opening”. “Days of Ice is a celebration of Ōtautahi Christchurch’s Antarctic connection, both modern and historic, and we can’t wait to see the public engaging with our passionate Antarctic…
Explore Antarctica in the city with Days of Ice
Days of Ice lands in Christchurch next month, celebrating the city as the gateway to the Antarctic with a new events programme. Co-ordinated by ChristchurchNZ, more than 30 ice-related events and activities will feature as part the overarching BLOOM events season. Days of Ice will run from 8 to 18 October, with the Arts Centre…
Trillions of tonnes of ice disappear from Earth
Trillions of tonnes of ice disappear from Earth British academics have found that trillions of tonnes of ice have disappeared from Earth since 1994. Radio New Zealand’s Karyn Hay caught up with the Head of UC’s School of Earth and Environment, Professor Jamie Shulmeister to discuss. Greenland Ice sheet. Photo: NASA Greenland’s ice sheet lost…