Northumbria receives £754,000 to help establish how quickly a massive Antarctic glacier could collapse

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Researchers from Northumbria University have been awarded £754,000 to take part in one of the most detailed and extensive examinations of a massive Antarctic glacier ever undertaken. A new £20 million research collaboration has been announced between the UK and USA to gather data on the Thwaites Glacier, with the aim of establishing whether the …

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Only north-facing ice cliffs survive on debris-covered glaciers, find researchers

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Ice cliffs are causing mountain glaciers in High Mountain Asia to melt more rapidly, with only those facing north surviving over the glaciers, according to a new study published today (10 April) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS. Researchers from Northumbria University in the UK and the Swiss Federal Institute …

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