Antarctic drilling missions seek to understand climate and ice dynamics
British Antarctic Survey
Published: 20 February 2026
BAS launches drilling campaigns on the Brunt Ice Shelf and Antarctic Peninsula to study iceberg calving mechanics and reconstruct past climate through ice cores and deep sediment records.
Keywords: Antarctic drilling, ice core, Brunt Ice Shelf, iceberg calving, paleoclimate, ice dynamics, RIFT-TIP, REWIND
Study explains Antarctic sea ice growth and sudden decline
Stanford University
Published: 23 March 2026
Study uses 20 years of under-ice Argo float data to trace Antarctic sea ice's expansion to 2015 and subsequent record decline to competing effects of precipitation and wind-driven upwelling of warm deep water.
Keywords: Antarctic sea ice, Southern Ocean, upwelling, precipitation, Argo floats, climate change, PNAS
North Atlantic seaweed has potential as major carbon trap
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Published: 28 January 2026
First study confirms ocean currents transport floating macroalgae from Greenland coasts to deep-sea carbon reservoirs, where up to 44 Tg of seaweed-derived carbon may be stored annually.
Keywords: macroalgae, carbon sequestration, Greenland, deep sea, ocean currents, seaweed, blue carbon, North Atlantic
