http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Climate change has weakened the ice sheets of western Antarctica. In spring 2010, scientists from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory flew over the region on a NASA-led mission called “Ice Bridge” to better understand what’s happening on and below the ice. Their findings may help predict future sea level rise. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/12/expanding-our-vision-brings-the-big-picture-into-focus/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/12/expanding-our-vision-brings-the-big-picture-into-focus/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:47:47 +0000 Kirsty Tinto http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32129 1500 feet above the ground surface is where our suite of instruments normally operates, but for this flight we are taking them up higher, much higher, in fact over 20 times our normal range to 33,000 feet. Our flight plan is to repeat lines surveyed in a previous years by NASA’s Land, Vegetation Ice Sensor [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/12/expanding-our-vision-brings-the-big-picture-into-focus/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/08/the-story-at-ronne/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/08/the-story-at-ronne/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:53:30 +0000 Kirsty Tinto http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32033 Named after Edith Ronne, the first American woman to set foot on this southern continent, the Ronne Ice Shelf is tucked just to the East of the Antarctic Peninsula on the backside of the Transantarctic Mountains. With an area measured at 422,000 square kms, this is the second largest ice shelf in Antarctica. This vast [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/08/the-story-at-ronne/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/01/the-skinny-on-antarctic-sea-ice-2/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/01/the-skinny-on-antarctic-sea-ice-2/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:48:15 +0000 Kirsty Tinto http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31804 One piece of our IceBridge mission focuses on sea ice here in the south. Sea ice in the northern regions has been reducing at dramatic rates over the last decade, setting a new record just this year, but the story in the south is not so clear. In fact, there has been a buzz that [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/01/the-skinny-on-antarctic-sea-ice-2/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/29/a-recovery-mission/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/29/a-recovery-mission/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:23:35 +0000 Kirsty Tinto http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31694 Recovery Glacier is a section of Antarctic ice that lies east of the peninsular arm of West Antarctica, tucked behind the Transantarctic Mountains, a dividing line that separates west from east. We know from satellite data that Recovery and its tributaries have a deep reach, stretching well inland. But there is a lot we don’t know about Recovery because the remoteness of the area has limited the number of surveys.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/29/a-recovery-mission/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/18/launching-the-season-with-a-key-mission-icebridge-antarctica-2012/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/18/launching-the-season-with-a-key-mission-icebridge-antarctica-2012/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:13:46 +0000 Kirsty Tinto http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31444 This month, IceBridge Antarctica resumes. The crews have spent the last few weeks in Palmdale, where the DC8 is based, for instrument installation and test flights prior to our move down to Punta Arenas, our home base for IceBridge Antarctica.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/18/launching-the-season-with-a-key-mission-icebridge-antarctica-2012/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/08/monitoring-antarctica%e2%80%99s-changing-glaciers-%e2%80%93-no-longer-like-watching-paint-dry/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/08/monitoring-antarctica%e2%80%99s-changing-glaciers-%e2%80%93-no-longer-like-watching-paint-dry/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:54:20 +0000 Kirsty Tinto http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=19852 By Kirsty Tinto & Mike Wolovick – As little as a few decades ago you could ask a scientist what it was like to monitor the changing ice in Antarctica and the response might have been “Like watching paint dry” – seemingly no change, with no big surprises and not too exciting. Well times have [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/08/monitoring-antarctica%e2%80%99s-changing-glaciers-%e2%80%93-no-longer-like-watching-paint-dry/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/20/the-multiple-faces-of-antarctic-ice/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/20/the-multiple-faces-of-antarctic-ice/#comments Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:33:22 +0000 Kirsty Tinto http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=8780 Kirsty Tinto joins Operation IceBridge on two flights over the Amundsen Sea and past Thwaites Glacier to survey the Getz and the Dotson ice shelves.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/20/the-multiple-faces-of-antarctic-ice/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/22/measuring-the-ice-from-a-bird%e2%80%99s-eye-view/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/22/measuring-the-ice-from-a-bird%e2%80%99s-eye-view/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:17:39 +0000 Kirsty Tinto http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=7770 Operation IceBridge Antarctica ramps up for a second year of ice surveys. Originating from Chile, a series of airborne missions will be flown almost daily from the airbase in Punta Arenas. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/22/measuring-the-ice-from-a-bird%e2%80%99s-eye-view/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/11/24/four-times-around-the-world-in-40-days/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/11/24/four-times-around-the-world-in-40-days/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:01:49 +0000 Web Team http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=747 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/11/24/four-times-around-the-world-in-40-days/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/11/17/a-breathtaking-but-fragile-landscape/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/11/17/a-breathtaking-but-fragile-landscape/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:31:56 +0000 Web Team http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=723 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/11/17/a-breathtaking-but-fragile-landscape/feed/ 1