Seasonal regimes of warm water intrusion toward Antarctic ice shelves

The future of floating Antarctic ice shelves is one of the principal uncertainties surrounding projections of future sea level rise. Melting of Antarctic ice shelves is caused by relatively warm and salty Circumpolar Deep Water currents upwelling from the ocean depth.  A recent article co-authored by Dr Ali Mashayek classifies near-shelf water masses using an

A Symposium Celebration

On Thursday 28 December we hosted ‘A Symposium on Energy & Environmental Flows’ to celebrate Professor Andy Woods’ 60th birthday. It was a wonderful event, with a packed schedule of talks throughout the day on topics from volcanic eruptions, ocean circulation, glaciology, and carbon dioxide removal technologies, to ‘how to stop your Granny catching fire’!