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Antarctica Day 2018
Photo by Ted Scambos
Registration for Antarctica Day is now closed, and the team is working on pairing schools with experts. We will contact the participating schools with more information the week of 19 November.
Read MoreTHOR
Thwaites Offshore Research (THOR) is a ship-based and ice-based project that will examine the sedimentary records both offshore from the glacier and beneath the ice shelf, together with glacial landforms on the sea bed, to reconstruct past changes in ocean conditions and the glaciers response to these changes. Read More
Schmidt ITGC:047
Schmidt, B. E., P. Washam, P. E. D. Davis, et al. 2023. Heterogeneous melting near the Thwaites Glacier grounding line. Nature 614, pages 471–478 (2023)
Read MoreFrom Ice Sheets to the Coast: Sea-Level Rise Impacts
Hosted at the University of Houston, with support from the University of Texas at Austin, University of Houston, and the Science Coordination Office of ITGC, join colleagues at the From Ice Sheets to the Coast: Sea-Level Rise Impacts meeting April 10-12, 2024. Read More
Thwaites Glacier geological map and associated geophysical information
The geology underlying Thwaites Glacier plays a critical role in mediating ice flow in this region yet is extremely poorly known. Read More
Jordan et al ITGC:109 2023
Jordan, T.A., S. Thompson, B. Kulessa, and F. Ferraccioli. 2023. Geological sketch map and implications for ice flow of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, from integrated aerogeophysical observations. Science Advances Vol 9, Issue 22.
Read MoreDotto ITGC:062
Dotto, T.S., K.J. Heywood, R.A. Hall, et al. 2022. Ocean variability beneath Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf driven by the Pine Island Bay Gyre strength. Nat Commun 13, 7840.
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