Why are drilling expeditions so important?
When you want to study rocks, one of the main complications is to access to them! Most of the time,…
Expedition 374 and ice sheet modelling Conversation with Benjamin Keisling, scientist onboard the JOIDES Resolution during Expedition 374
Benjamin, can you please introduce you and explain your research topics? My name is Benjamin Keisling and I am part…
The crucial role of ice shelves
What is an ice shelf? Ice shelves are floating tongues of ice that extend from grounded glaciers on land. The…
Not all ice sheets are the same!
The Antarctic ice sheet is the main polar ice cap of the Earth and covers about 98% of the continent….
What will happen to sea level when this huge iceberg melts?
……………nothing!! You can try to use a very simple analogic model to understand. Let’s take few ice cubes (they…
The complex interactions between ice and oceans
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is the worlds largest ocean current, and the only current that flows completely around the…
A landscape of ice
“So much water, so much water….” is a famous quote by our former president Mac Mahon (French president from 1873…