By Becky Sanderson, Newcastle University To know how much ice we have in the world, we need to know the bed of the glacier and the thickness of the ice. But how can we peer down through hundreds of metres of ice to know the ice thickness? Using radar, we see water flowing or ponding …
How much land ice is there in the World? Most (99.5%) of the permanent ice volume in the world is locked up in ice sheets and glaciers. The Antarctic Ice Sheet is the largest store of frozen freshwater; it would raise sea levels by 57.9 m (its “sea level equivalent”, or SLE) on full melting …
What is the global volume of land ice and how is it changing? Read More »
This page was written by Kathryn C. Rose. In this post, Kathryn explains how we can use Geophysical Surveys to investigate the landscape underneath the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains The Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains are thought to represent the birthplace of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet – the largest ice sheet …
