Registration for UK teachers is now open! Registration for US teachers has ended and the US event is full. (as of Nov 6, 2019)
Davis 2025 e2024GL111873
Davis, P. E. D., K. W. Nicholls, D. M. Holland, B. E. Schmidt, P. Washam, B. Fernández Castro, K. L. Riverman, J. A. Smith, P. G. D. Anker, A. D. Mullen, D. Dichek, E. Clyne, and K. Makinson. 2025. Lateral Fluxes Drive Basal Melting Beneath Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, West Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2024GL111873.
Today, 21 March 2025, the spotlight is being shined on glaciers on the first UN World Day for Glaciers.
2025 is also the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation; a global campaign to highlight how melting glaciers are affecting our planet. The movement encourages us all to act to preserve the vital role of glaciers in sustaining life on Earth for generations to come.
Gourmelen 2025 16, 2272
Gourmelen, N., L. Jakob, P. R. Holland, P. Dutrieux, D. Goldberg, S. Bevan, A. Luckman, and G. Malczyk. 2025. The influence of subglacial lake discharge on Thwaites Glacier ice-shelf melting and grounding-line retreat. Nat Commun 16, 2272.
Wild ITGC:123
Wild, C. T., S. B. Kachuck, A. Luckman, K. E. Alley, M. A. Sharp, H. Smith, S. W. Tyler, et al. 2024. Rift Propagation Signals the Last Act of the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf despite Low Basal Melt Rates. Journal of Glaciology, 2024, 1–18.
Morlighem ITGC:120
Morlighem, M., D. Goldberg, J. M. Barnes, J. N. Bassis, D. I. Benn, A. J. Crawford, G. H. Gudmundsson, and H. Serrousi. 2024. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet may not be vulnerable to marine ice cliff instability during the 21st century. Sci. Adv.10, eado7794(2024).
