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Icebergs near Greenland form from ice that has broken off--or calved--from glaciers on the island.

Gravity Data Reveal Unexpected Antarctic Ice Variations

Assistant Professor and Byrd Center member Lei Wang's research was recently highlighted in EOS: Gravity Data Reveal Unexpected Antarctic Ice Variations.

Lei Wang will be…

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Shrinking glaciers have created a new normal for Greenland's ice sheet – consistent ice loss for the foreseeable future

As Greenland’s glaciers retreat, they are losing ice at a faster and faster rate. Michalea King, CC BY-ND

Michalea King, The Ohio State University

Greenland is the largest…

Icebergs near Greenland form from ice that has broken off--or calved--from glaciers on the island.

Glacier Retreat Drives Continuing Greenland Ice Loss

Even if the climate warming stops, study finds, glaciers will continue to shrink

Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if…

Collecting Data on Western Greenland Ice Sheet

Paper Looks at Changes in the Structure of the Western Greenland Ice Sheet Caused by Recent Atmospheric Warming

BPCRC researchers Santiago de la Peña, Ian Howat, and Ellen Mosley-Thompson recently authored a paper describing changes in the structure of the western Greenland Ice Sheet caused by atmospheric…

Satellite image of Greenland outlet glaciers

The Greenland Ice Sheet: Now in HD

New software yields the highest-resolution large-scale maps of polar ice as presented on December 18, 2014 by BPCRC's Ian Howat at the Fall 2014 AGU Meeting in San Francisco. http://news.osu.edu/news…