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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 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.



An international research team deployed the uncrewed submersible 'Ran' underneath 350 m thick ice. They got back the first detailed maps covering extensive of the underside of a glacier, revealing clues to future sea level rise.

Satellite data provides first evidence of ocean water intrusion between the remote Thwaites Glacier.