Download or read book Antarctic Snow and Ice Studies written by Malcolm Mellor and published by Wiley-AGU. This book was released on 1991-01-08 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glaciology, now broadly defined as the study of ice in all forms, is often regarded as a some what esoteric subject, though it takes little thought to dispel the notion. The sheer quantity of ice on Earth, together with its past and present effects on geophysical processes and human activity, commands attention, while at the same time ice itself proves to be an ideal material for studying processes and properties that involve almost the entire field of classical physics. With the belated wedding of academic ice physics and glacier study, glaciology is contributing significantly to geophysics and materials science, as is evidenced by continued support for research both in the laboratory and in the field. Some 90 per cent of the world's ice is contained in the Antarctic ice sheet, a glacier of continental proportions about which little was known prior to the International Geophysical Year. Since 1957 the United States, by maintaining through the National Science Foundation a vigorous Antarctic glaciological program, has made an impressive contribution of knowledge which is reflected in part by the papers and references in this volume. By entering heartily into the spirit of international cooperation that has so brightened recent Antarctic endeavors, the U.S. has made a further contribution: to human understanding and to the diffusion of knowledge. This too is reflected here, for more than half of the authors came into the program from foreign countries. Much has been learned, but more remains to be studied, since, as research should, the investigations have raised new questions as fast as old ones were answered. Before efforts are renewed in force, however, there should be some assessment of the broad problems and of the methods available for their solution; in this respect the following collection of papers should be helpful. Glaciology, now broadly defined as the study of ice in all forms, is often regarded as a somewhat esoteric subject, though it takes little thought to dispel the notion. The sheer quantity of ice on Earth, together with its past and present effects on geophysical processes and human activity, commands attention, while at the same time ice itself proves to be an ideal material for studying processes and properties that involve almost the entire field of classical physics. With the belated wedding of academic ice physics and glacier study, glaciology is contributing significantly to geophysics and materials science, as is evidenced by continued support for research both in the laboratory and in the field.

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Download or read book Antarctic Sea Ice Variability in the Southern Ocean Climate System written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sea ice surrounding Antarctica has increased in extent and concentration from the late 1970s, when satellite-based measurements began, until 2015. Although this increasing trend is modest, it is surprising given the overall warming of the global climate and the region. Indeed, climate models, which incorporate our best understanding of the processes affecting the region, generally simulate a decrease in sea ice. Moreover, sea ice in the Arctic has exhibited pronounced declines over the same period, consistent with global climate model simulations. For these reasons, the behavior of Antarctic sea ice has presented a conundrum for global climate change science. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop in January 2016, to bring together scientists with different sets of expertise and perspectives to further explore potential mechanisms driving the evolution of recent Antarctic sea ice variability and to discuss ways to advance understanding of Antarctic sea ice and its relationship to the broader ocean-climate system. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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