Blog Archives

Tamsin Edwards to be climate blogger for PLoS

Tamsin Edwards from the University of Bristol has been writing a blog on climate modelling, which covers her work in ice2sea: ALL MODELS ARE WRONG… but some are useful. A grown-up … read more

Science Briefing for Policy-Makers: Understanding Sea-Level Rise

On the 27th June, ice2sea gave a presentation at the European Parliament to MEPs, the EC, and other interested parties. A report on the event, including an overview and the … read more

News Release: Climate scientists discover new weak point of the Antarctic ice sheet

Climate scientists discover new weak point of the Antarctic ice sheet 9 May 2012 PR No. 02/2012 Reporting this week (Thursday 10 May) in the journal Nature, scientists from ice2sea … read more

News Release: Ice2sea researchers discover warm ocean currents are causing the majority of ice loss from Antarctica

PR No. 01/2012 Reporting this week (Thursday 26 April) in the journal Nature, an international team of scientists from ice2sea has established that warm ocean currents are the dominant cause … read more

Enhancement factors for grounded ice and ice-shelf

One of the most outstanding features of ice crystals is that no two have ever been found to be alike despite their simple, six-sided symmetry – but this beautiful shape … read more

Public Service Review article on ice2sea

An article has been published on ice2sea science in Issue 14 of the Public Service Review: European Science and Technology. The article follows an interview with Co-ordinator David Vaughan and discusses … read more

Ice2sea introductory video

A video by David Vaughan introducing ice2sea and describing the project aims is now available on the front page of the website – watch it here.

Scott’s Anniversary

The 17th of January 2012 was the one hundredth Anniversary of the day that Captain Robert Scott reached the South Pole, only a few days after Roald Amundsen. David Vaughan … read more

Merry Christmas

The ice2sea Programme Office wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2012.

Communications Co-ordinator

We welcome Heather Martin to the project, as a dedicated communications and dissemination co-ordinator. Heather is part of the British Antarctic Survey Communications Team and can be contacted at heather.martin@bas.ac.uk.