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Impacts & adaptation, Student blogs

The Future of the Arctic

  By Victoria Burton, Stephane Mangeon, Christoph Mazur, Simon Moulds, Jonathan Ritson, Philip Sandwell, Rebecca Short, and Patric Simoes Pereira Grantham and SSCP-DTP students investigate how climate change and oil exploration are affecting the Arctic, and the potential harm or benefits that these will bring.  The Arctic is changing, both environmentally and economically. What was once one of the most inaccessible areas on Earth is … Continue reading The Future of the Arctic

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Earth systems, Impacts & adaptation, Paris 2015

Why should we act on climate change? A glaciologist’s perspective

by Professor Martin Siegert, Co-director, Grantham Institute See a headline on TV about climate change and it will undoubtedly be accompanied by, among other images, a glacier suddenly calving a colossal iceberg into the sea, or a polar bear clinging helplessly to an ever-diminishing ice floe. Glaciology, the study of snow and ice in all its forms, gets into every living room, hammering in the … Continue reading Why should we act on climate change? A glaciologist’s perspective

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Antarctic glacier
Earth systems, Impacts & adaptation, IPCC, Sea level rise

How will Antartica’s ice-sheet contribute to 21st century sea level rise?

by Professor Martin Siegert, Co-director, Grantham Institute On 27th October I convened a meeting at the Royal Society of London to discuss the results of a recent 20-year research horizon scanning exercise for Antarctic Science (Kennicutt et al. 2014). Part of the discussion focused on the research needed to better quantify Antarctica’s likely contribution to sea level rise in the coming decades and beyond, as … Continue reading How will Antartica’s ice-sheet contribute to 21st century sea level rise?

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