Analysis of our 1st season's cores has begun!
SWAIS2C core workshop offers the first glimpse of sediment from below the Ross Ice Shelf.
Find out more: swais2c.aq/reports-from-the-…
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A rapid shift in ocean currents could imperil the world’s largest ice shelf –– the Ross Ice Shelf.
sciencenews.org/article/ocea…
SWAIS2C aims to discover whether the Ross Ice Shelf did melt when Earth was this warm in the past.
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Don’t miss this talk by some members of our SWAIS2C team, who recently returned from our first season in Antarctica!
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22 Mar 2024
Hear first-hand from @Pseudorutilaria and others from the @SWAIS2C team about their work to uncover vital climate secrets on Antarctica’s Siple Coast last summer, at this @nzantarcticsoc event next Tues.
RSVP here 👉 i.mtr.cool/fxdxcfijse
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Antarctic Frontier Project 'Tantalizingly Close' to Vital Climate Secrets
byrd.osu.edu/news/antarctic-…
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Thanks @ByrdPolar
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Excellent podcast by @VeronikaMeduna exploring our first season on the ice.
Give it a listen!
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15 Mar 2024
We have your weekend podcast needs sorted – this @RNZScience episode will transport you to the @SWAIS2C deep-field Antarctic drilling camp. Hear from @pseudorutilaria and others from the international team on their first field season. i.mtr.cool/jssgpnhxgq
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Check out these great @nzantarcticsoc events−offered live & virtually!
Fresh off the ice, SWAIS2C's @Pseudorutilaria, Darcy Mandeno, @frostylindaphd & Jane Chewings will share their experience this past season.
RVSP essential.
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The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is rapidly melting. Scientists now have evidence for when it started and why
cnn.com/2024/02/26/climate/d…
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Climate graphic of the week: huge ice loss risks Antarctica’s ‘destabilisation’ ft.com/content/deb66512-d866…
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Listen to this excellent podcast by @VeronikaMeduna about SWAIS2C, our science & our first drilling season at KIS-3.
Featuring Co-Chief Scientists Richard Levy & Tina van de Flierdt & other On-Ice Team members.
rnz.co.nz/national/programme…
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Study, whose co-authors include SWAIS2C Co-Chief Scientist @vandeflierdt and Science Team member David Harwood, challenges the classical view of the origin of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and warns of its vulnerability
sciencedaily.com/releases/20…
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Antarctic frontier close to vital climate secrets
sunlive.co.nz/news/336289-an…
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Scientists keen to try again after Antarctic drilling mission falls short
rnz.co.nz/news/national/5080…
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SWASI2C Co-Chief Scientist Richard Levy @pseudorutilaria interviewed on Aotearoa New Zealand's TVNZ Breakfast.
TVNZ Breakfast youtu.be/i08Nzk3aQgA?si=XJT-…
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What did we achieve in our first scientific drilling season at KIS-3? A lot!
A summary of today's press release, in tweets!
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Some more pics from our successful hammer coring at KIS-3 !💪🔨
📸 @VeronikaMeduna
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We did recover 7.6 m of ocean floor sediment using gravity and hammer coring. Hidden in this number is the longest sediment core recovered at the Siple Coast. Check out the 1.92 m hammer core with our drilling science coordinator Gavin Dunbar for scale! 2/3
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We love seeing these gravity-core-happy and sometimes muddy faces!
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📸@VeronikaMeduna
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