Global concern about rising sea levels has put increasing loss of glaciers and ice sheets into public attention. The glaciers of Greenland and Alaska that reach the sea have therefore received increased scientific notice. Yet the ways in which warm ocean water interacts with and erodes the face of these glaciers have been largely unobserved. In the summer of 2018,
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A group of ocean scientists made a 10,000 km pilgrimage to South Georgia Island in the far Antarctic Ocean to visit the grave of Ernest Shackleton, considered the greatest expeditionist of all time for the rare feat of keeping his crew alive while they were stranded for two years on the Antarctic ice after their ships were destroyed in 1914.
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Experts from around the world are meeting in Lanzhou, China today through July 28, 2018 to advance preparations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC). At the meeting, which brings together more than 100 scientists from more than 35 countries, SROCC lead authors will discuss next steps and
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