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Sampling bedrock beneath the ice sheet, GHC will identify if and when the glacier retreated in the past, how it recovered, and how it is currently responding to environmental conditions.

Investigating sediments deposited in the seas near the glacier, Thwaites Offshore Research (THOR) will reconstruct past changes in environmental conditions and the glacier’s response to these, thereby adding context to our projections of future change.

Measuring ocean circulation and thinning beneath the floating part of the glacier using state of the art technology such as AUVs and automated land-ice stations, TARSAN will investigate how the ocean and atmosphere are affecting the glacier.
Cavity Camp on Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, Dec 2020, Ted Scambos
Cavity Camp on Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, December 2020. Cavity Camp was named for its central location above the ocean cavity below the ice. Credit: Ted Scambos

 

Thwaites Glacier at its end in the ocean. Credit: NASA/James Yungel

 

Antarctica Week Festival 2024! Get ready for a special focus on Antarctica from December 2nd-6th with our ITGC team.

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.

It is the latest in-person gathering of the ITGC science community who are studying Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica and trying to answer the questions of ‘how much and how fast?’ the glacier will contribute to global sea-level rise in the future.

Peng Yan
Postdoctoral Researcher
Affiliation
New York University
Project
MELT

Peng Yan is a postdoc at NYU, working with Dr. David Holland to investigate glacier dynamics and ocean-ice interactions using geophysical, oceanographic, and glaciological techniques. He has been an active member to conduct multiple instruments lab tests including tiltmeters, ground penetrating radar, hot water drilling, oceanography surveying sensors, drones, and GPS before field applications.

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