Glaciers & Ice Sheets
News & Insights
Will melting glaciers cool the climate?
As glaciers melt at unprecedented rates, WHOI’s Simon Pendleton is looking back to historical records to predict whether this new cool runoff will slow ocean circulation and cool the northern hemisphere––findings which could mean adjustments to some climate predictions.
News Releases
Antarctic Ice Sheet Loss Expected to Affect Future Climate Change
Fiamma Straneo Selected for Prestigious Sverdrup Lecture
Glaciers Contribute Significant Iron to North Atlantic Ocean
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WHOI in the News
Breaking the ice on melting and freezing
Antarctic ice loss expected to affect future climate change
Uh Oh: Antarctica Might Melt Much Faster Than We Thought
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From Oceanus Magazine
Signs of Big Change in the Arctic
The climate in the Arctic region once predictably shifted back and forth between two regimes. But now the system seems to be stuck.
Ice, Wind & Fury
Greenlanders are well away of piteraqs, the hazardous torrents of cold air that sweep down off the ice cap. But scientists are just beginning to unravel how and when piteraqs form.
Scientists Find Trigger That Cracks Lakes
Graduate student Laura Stevens became a focal point of a research team that cracked a big mystery atop the Greenland Ice Sheet.
The Jetyak
Oceanographers are always looking for cost-effective vehicles to help them explore risky regions. Scientists at WHOI have developed one: a robotic platform called the Jetyak.
A Mooring in Iceberg Alley
WHOI scientists knowingly put a mooring in a fjord filled with icebergs near the terminus of a Greeland glacier. But it was their only way to learn if changing ocean conditions might be affecting how fast the glacier flowed into the ocean.
Features
Ice comes in many forms and shapes. Icebergs, like the one that sank the Titanic, can be as big as…
Arctic Ocean Circulation 
Polar Life 
Sea Ice 
