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Ice & climate science
Browse 17 source-linked records about ice & climate science, with evidence labels, original sources and limitations.
Historical artifacts, claims and scientific context retain their own labels. Inclusion in this collection does not establish a claim as true.
- Video · British Antarctic Survey
8: Discovering a hole in the ozone layer | Jonathan Shanklin, Prof John Pyle & Prof Lucy Carpenter
Jonathan Shanklin, John Pyle, and Lucy Carpenter discuss the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole, the measurements behind it, and the response through the Montreal Protocol.
- Video · NASA Goddard
Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Annual Minimum, Second Lowest On Record
NASA explains the Antarctic sea-ice minimum observed in February 2024. This is a dated event report, not a current record claim.
- Video · British Antarctic Survey
Descend into Thwaites Glacier | footage reveals internal crevasses | British Antarctic Survey
BAS presents footage from inside a borehole through Thwaites Glacier, revealing its internal ice structure and crevasses.
- Video · NSF Ice Drilling Program
Ice Core Processing: Discovering Earth's Climate History
Shows how researchers prepare Antarctic ice-core samples for laboratory study.
- Video · Bethan Davies
Ice shelves with Bethan Davies and Ella Gilbert
Glaciologists Bethan Davies and Ella Gilbert explain Antarctic ice shelves and their response to climate change.
- Video · British Antarctic Survey
International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration: What is happening at Thwaites Glacier?
An introduction to the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration and its work investigating changes to the glacier and potential sea-level consequences.
- Video · NASA
Is Polar Ice Melting? We Asked a NASA Expert
NASA scientist Brooke Medley explains the relationship between polar ice loss and sea-level rise.
- Video · British Antarctic Survey
Meet the UK-Korea team drilling through unstable Thwaites Glacier | British Antarctic Survey
Introduces a UK–Korea research team drilling through Thwaites Glacier to observe the interaction between ocean water and the glacier from below.
- Video · British Antarctic Survey
New close-up view of melting beneath Thwaites Glacier | British Antarctic Survey
BAS explains close-up observations of melting beneath Thwaites Glacier’s floating ice shelf, distinguishing relatively sheltered areas from cracks and crevasses.
- Video · British Antarctic Survey
Robots in Antarctica - Dr. Britney Schmidt
A talk by Britney Schmidt about using robots in Antarctic research, shared by BAS as part of its educational Antarctica festival.
- Video · NSF Ice Drilling Program
SPICE-ing it up: Scientists recover first deep ice core at South Pole
Introduces the NSF-supported South Pole ice-core drilling project and its recovery work.
- Video · National Science Foundation News
Studying Ancient Ice {NICL} | Science Nation
A visit to the National Ice Core Laboratory to see how polar ice cores are stored, cut, and studied.
- Video · UN Environment Programme
The Antarctic Ozone Hole -- From Discovery to Recovery, a Scientific Journey
A 2011 UN Environment Programme film traces ozone-hole research and international action. Its recovery projections should be read as dated reporting, not a current forecast.
- Video · British Antarctic Survey
Uncovering Antarctica’s most ancient ice core record | Beyond EPICA | British Antarctic Survey
British Antarctic Survey introduces laboratory analysis of the Beyond EPICA ice core and explains how ancient ice records past atmospheric and climate conditions.
- Video · British Antarctic Survey
Understanding Thwaites Glacier - Dr. Anna Crawford
Anna Crawford explains Thwaites Glacier in a public-science talk recorded at Royal Museums Greenwich and shared by British Antarctic Survey.
- Video · Natural History Museum
What do Antarctic ice cores tell us about climate change?
A British Antarctic Survey scientist explains how ice cores preserve evidence about past temperatures and atmospheric carbon dioxide.
- Video · British Antarctic Survey
What if we could predict ice fracturing in Antarctica? | British Antarctic Survey
British Antarctic Survey introduces research into cracks, rifts, and calving on Antarctic ice shelves.