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News stories on the Amundsen Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet History expedition
Expedition Information
JOIDES Resolution Blogs and Educational Resources
Audio and Video
Recent News Stories
- Ancient Seafloor Mud Shows West Antarctic Ice Has a History of Sudden Collapse
- Antarctica's Melting Ice Sheet Triggers Catastrophic Geological Shifts
- West Antarctica's history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent's 'catastrophic' geology
- The discovery of a small green rock in Antarctica is a warning for the future of mankind (In Indonesian; read in English via Google Translate)
- #DrawntoGeoscience: Fruitcake at Sea
- Using Antarctica’s Geology to Forecast Future Sea Level Rise
- App State professor returns from research in Antarctica
- Good yield despite bad conditions (in German; read in English via Google Translate)
- Newly drilled sediment cores could reveal how fast the Antarctic ice sheet will melt
- The sensitive Achilles heel of the white continent (in German; read in English via Google Translate)
- Scientist from the MfN on Board: IODP Expedition 379 in the Amundsen Sea (West Antarctic) on the Research Drill Ship JOIDES Resolution
- On the Ice: Researchers are gathering data off the coast of Antarctica to improve predictions of future sea-level rise
- International research expedition heads to West Antarctica
- A student from the University of Perpignan is on a scientific expedition to Antarctica (in French)
News Releases
- University of Houston Researcher Helps Unlock Rare Antarctic Glacier Record
- Ocean expedition to West Antarctic Ice Sheet seeks to reveal climate history in region with greatest sea ice loss
- Ocean Drilling Project Seeks Clues to Future Sea Level Rise
- Deep-sea drilling to shed new light on the stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Media Inquiries
For media inquiries, please contact:
Karsten Gohl, Co-Chief Scientist,
Julia Wellner, Co-Chief Scientist,
Adam Klaus, Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist,
Carl Brenner, U.S. Science Support Office, (845) 365-8754, or
Laurel Childress, IODP JRSO, (979) 845-0506.