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UK meeting brings the Thwaites community together
Over 100 researchers and support staff working on the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) from across the US and UK, together with other international partners, met at British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge in September 2024 to discuss their observations and results so far.
Read MoreOpen Space activity builds community at ITGC meeting
“IDEA” stands for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility. These are grand aspirations! Throughout the last 6 years of the ITGC programme, the ITGC IDEA Council has been working to embed a culture of IDEA in all ITGC activities. This is of course much easier said than done. Read More
A new view of how the ocean melts Antarctica's ice shelves
An international research team deployed the uncrewed submersible 'Ran' underneath 350 m thick ice. They got back the first detailed maps covering extensive areas of the underside of a glacier, revealing clues to future sea level rise. Read More
New insights into the bed beneath remote Antarctic glacier
Scientists have discovered a landscape of rocky hills and smooth plains beneath the remote Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. Read More