Dynamic instability of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin Ice Sheet, East Antarctica
...it contains enough ice to raise global mean sea level by 3–4 m.
Its marine-based geometry makes it a tipping risk whose temperature thresholds and timing remain poorly constrained.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
...it contains enough ice to raise global mean sea level by 3–4 m.
Its marine-based geometry makes it a tipping risk whose temperature thresholds and timing remain poorly constrained.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Dynamic instability of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin Ice Sheet, East Antarctica - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
The Wilkes Subglacial Basin is a marine-based sector of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet that is vulnerable to ocean-forced melting and climate warming. This Review assesses changes in ice-sheet extent in...
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October 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Dynamic instability of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin Ice Sheet, East Antarctica
...it contains enough ice to raise global mean sea level by 3–4 m.
Its marine-based geometry makes it a tipping risk whose temperature thresholds and timing remain poorly constrained.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
...it contains enough ice to raise global mean sea level by 3–4 m.
Its marine-based geometry makes it a tipping risk whose temperature thresholds and timing remain poorly constrained.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Satellite observations over the Greenland Ice Sheet reveal a destructive mode of meltwater drainage whereby a subglacial flood induced by the rapid drainage of a subglacial lake burst through the surface, fracturing the ice sheet, according to a paper in Nature Geoscience. 🧪
Outburst of a subglacial flood from the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet - Nature Geoscience
Satellite observations over the Greenland Ice Sheet reveal a destructive mode of meltwater drainage whereby a subglacial flood induced by the rapid drainage of a subglacial lake burst through the surface, fracturing the ice sheet.
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August 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Satellite observations over the Greenland Ice Sheet reveal a destructive mode of meltwater drainage whereby a subglacial flood induced by the rapid drainage of a subglacial lake burst through the surface, fracturing the ice sheet, according to a paper in Nature Geoscience. 🧪
Satellite observations over the Greenland Ice Sheet reveal a destructive mode of meltwater drainage whereby a subglacial flood induced by the rapid drainage of a subglacial lake burst through the surface, fracturing the ice sheet, according to a paper in Nature Geoscience. 🧪
Outburst of a subglacial flood from the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet - Nature Geoscience
Satellite observations over the Greenland Ice Sheet reveal a destructive mode of meltwater drainage whereby a subglacial flood induced by the rapid drainage of a subglacial lake burst through the surface, fracturing the ice sheet.
go.nature.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Satellite observations over the Greenland Ice Sheet reveal a destructive mode of meltwater drainage whereby a subglacial flood induced by the rapid drainage of a subglacial lake burst through the surface, fracturing the ice sheet, according to a paper in Nature Geoscience. 🧪
Winter subglacial meltwater detected in a Greenland fjord
The results suggest that warm Atlantic water and nutrients are entrained at the glacier front, leading to enhanced frontal melt and increased nutrient levels.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The results suggest that warm Atlantic water and nutrients are entrained at the glacier front, leading to enhanced frontal melt and increased nutrient levels.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Winter subglacial meltwater detected in a Greenland fjord - Nature Geoscience
Temperature and salinity observations from a Greenland fjord suggest that subglacial meltwater is discharged during winter, impacting the fjord heat budget and biological productivity.
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March 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Winter subglacial meltwater detected in a Greenland fjord
The results suggest that warm Atlantic water and nutrients are entrained at the glacier front, leading to enhanced frontal melt and increased nutrient levels.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The results suggest that warm Atlantic water and nutrients are entrained at the glacier front, leading to enhanced frontal melt and increased nutrient levels.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bacteriophages in Antarctic subglacial lakes reveal novel biodiversity and biogeochemical potential | ISME Communications | Oxford Academic
Bacteriophages in Antarctic subglacial lakes reveal novel biodiversity and biogeochemical potential
Abstract. Of the more than 600 subglacial lakes identified in Antarctica thus far, Whillans Subglacial Lake and Mercer Subglacial Lake are the only lakes t
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September 27, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Bacteriophages in Antarctic subglacial lakes reveal novel biodiversity and biogeochemical potential | ISME Communications | Oxford Academic
📣 Our new paper is out in Nature Communications!
Subglacial water—often overlooked—can change sea-level rise projections by up to a factor of three. Big implications for how we model Antarctica.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Subglacial water—often overlooked—can change sea-level rise projections by up to a factor of three. Big implications for how we model Antarctica.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Subglacial water amplifies Antarctic contributions to sea-level rise - Nature Communications
Hidden water beneath Antarctica’s ice can accelerate ice loss, potentially raising sea levels by over 2 meters by 2300. These findings highlight the urgent need to incorporate evolving subglacial hydr...
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April 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
📣 Our new paper is out in Nature Communications!
Subglacial water—often overlooked—can change sea-level rise projections by up to a factor of three. Big implications for how we model Antarctica.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Subglacial water—often overlooked—can change sea-level rise projections by up to a factor of three. Big implications for how we model Antarctica.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A paper in Nature Communications identifies 85 previously undocumented lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These subglacial lakes fill and drain with a variety of patterns, revealing interconnected hydrological pathways channeling large volumes of water under the ice sheet. ⚒️ 🧪
Detection of 85 new active subglacial lakes in Antarctica from a decade of CryoSat-2 data - Nature Communications
Wilson and colleagues identify 85 previously undocumented lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These subglacial lakes fill and drain with a variety of patterns, revealing interconnected hydrological pathways channeling large volumes of water under the ice sheet.
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September 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A paper in Nature Communications identifies 85 previously undocumented lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These subglacial lakes fill and drain with a variety of patterns, revealing interconnected hydrological pathways channeling large volumes of water under the ice sheet. ⚒️ 🧪
@imas-utas.bsky.social, I see you are seeking two motivated, enthusiastic PhD candidates to join our Antarctic geoscience team! What great opportunities. PhD project 1: Subglacial geology of the Aurora Subglacial Basin, East Antarctica
Available projects for research degrees | University of Tasmania - Subglacial geology of the Aurora Subglacial Basin, East Antarctica
This PhD will focus on the Aurora Subglacial Basin, a key region vulne...
www.utas.edu.au
January 12, 2026 at 3:51 AM
@imas-utas.bsky.social, I see you are seeking two motivated, enthusiastic PhD candidates to join our Antarctic geoscience team! What great opportunities. PhD project 1: Subglacial geology of the Aurora Subglacial Basin, East Antarctica
🌍 Hidden lakes under Antarctic ice
Using a decade of CryoSat-2 data, scientists found 85 new active subglacial lakes, boosting the total by 58% and revealing vast hidden water networks.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #Antarctica 🧪
Using a decade of CryoSat-2 data, scientists found 85 new active subglacial lakes, boosting the total by 58% and revealing vast hidden water networks.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #Antarctica 🧪
Detection of 85 new active subglacial lakes in Antarctica from a decade of CryoSat-2 data - Nature Communications
Wilson and colleagues identify 85 previously undocumented lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These subglacial lakes fill and drain with a variety of patterns, revealing interconnected hydrological...
www.nature.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🌍 Hidden lakes under Antarctic ice
Using a decade of CryoSat-2 data, scientists found 85 new active subglacial lakes, boosting the total by 58% and revealing vast hidden water networks.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #Antarctica 🧪
Using a decade of CryoSat-2 data, scientists found 85 new active subglacial lakes, boosting the total by 58% and revealing vast hidden water networks.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #Antarctica 🧪
A paper in Nature Communications identifies 85 previously undocumented lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These subglacial lakes fill and drain with a variety of patterns, revealing interconnected hydrological pathways channeling large volumes of water under the ice sheet. ⚒️ 🧪
Detection of 85 new active subglacial lakes in Antarctica from a decade of CryoSat-2 data - Nature Communications
Wilson and colleagues identify 85 previously undocumented lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These subglacial lakes fill and drain with a variety of patterns, revealing interconnected hydrological pathways channeling large volumes of water under the ice sheet.
go.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A paper in Nature Communications identifies 85 previously undocumented lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These subglacial lakes fill and drain with a variety of patterns, revealing interconnected hydrological pathways channeling large volumes of water under the ice sheet. ⚒️ 🧪
Very cool and highly unusual example of a large subglacial lake burst event in Greenland which broke upwards through to the ice sheet surface! About 90 million cubic metres of water were displaced, and the flood caused a glacier downstream to temporarily decelerate.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Outburst of a subglacial flood from the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet - Nature Geoscience
Satellite observations over the Greenland Ice Sheet reveal a destructive mode of meltwater drainage whereby a subglacial flood induced by the rapid drainage of a subglacial lake burst through the surf...
www.nature.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Very cool and highly unusual example of a large subglacial lake burst event in Greenland which broke upwards through to the ice sheet surface! About 90 million cubic metres of water were displaced, and the flood caused a glacier downstream to temporarily decelerate.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Drainage of subglacial water pockets around Refuge des Grands Mulets (3,051 m asl) on 27th June! 🧊🔥🌊
📽️ Via Mathieu Tisne
📽️ Via Mathieu Tisne
July 1, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Drainage of subglacial water pockets around Refuge des Grands Mulets (3,051 m asl) on 27th June! 🧊🔥🌊
📽️ Via Mathieu Tisne
📽️ Via Mathieu Tisne
A subglacial lake erupted from 85m below the surface of the Greenland ice sheet, apparently because of pressure caused by the increasing buildup of meltwater www.newscientist.com/article/2490...
Meltwater bursts through Greenland ice in first-of-a-kind eruption
Satellite images reveal how a subglacial lake erupted through the Greenland ice sheet – a phenomenon never witnessed before which could be driven by rising temperatures
www.newscientist.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:37 AM
A subglacial lake erupted from 85m below the surface of the Greenland ice sheet, apparently because of pressure caused by the increasing buildup of meltwater www.newscientist.com/article/2490...
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Ashbringer - Subglacial
Progressive black metal that grooves and jams hard amongst shear brutality
Highly recommend
🤘🏽💀🤘🏽🔪🔥🔪
#metalsky
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Subglacial - Ashbringer, a 6 track album
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March 16, 2026 at 1:30 AM
#nowlistening 🎧
Ashbringer - Subglacial
Progressive black metal that grooves and jams hard amongst shear brutality
Highly recommend
🤘🏽💀🤘🏽🔪🔥🔪
#metalsky
#independent
Also, @Ampwall, loving the app! 🖤👊🏾
ampwall.com/a/ashbringer...
Ashbringer - Subglacial
Progressive black metal that grooves and jams hard amongst shear brutality
Highly recommend
🤘🏽💀🤘🏽🔪🔥🔪
#metalsky
#independent
Also, @Ampwall, loving the app! 🖤👊🏾
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@moreorloess.bsky.social Subglacial(?) fun in Michigan.
March 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
@moreorloess.bsky.social Subglacial(?) fun in Michigan.
Man hat durch die Eisdecke gebohrt und Wasserproben genommen, in denen sich eine Vielfalt an DNA-Spuren fand. Was genau sich da unten verbirgt, weiß aber niemand. Originalpublikation: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Subglacial Lake Vostok (Antarctica) Accretion Ice Contains a Diverse Set of Sequences from Aquatic, Marine and Sediment-Inhabiting Bacteria and Eukarya
Lake Vostok, the 7th largest (by volume) and 4th deepest lake on Earth, is covered by more than 3,700 m of ice, making it the largest subglacial lake known. The combination of cold, heat (from possible hydrothermal activity), pressure (from the ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Man hat durch die Eisdecke gebohrt und Wasserproben genommen, in denen sich eine Vielfalt an DNA-Spuren fand. Was genau sich da unten verbirgt, weiß aber niemand. Originalpublikation: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
*New evidence of active subglacial lakes under the East #Antarctic Ice Sheet!*
We use #ICESat2 to show lakes fill and drain beneath slow-moving ice. Modelling likely meltwater routes suggests lakes discharge meltwater under ice shelves.
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We use #ICESat2 to show lakes fill and drain beneath slow-moving ice. Modelling likely meltwater routes suggests lakes discharge meltwater under ice shelves.
tiny.cc/wsu7001 @npiglaciology.bsky.social
Evidence of active subglacial lakes under a slowly moving coastal region of the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Abstract. Active subglacial lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet provide insights into the dynamic subglacial environment, with implications for ice-sheet dynamics and mass balance. Most previously i...
tc.copernicus.org
January 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
*New evidence of active subglacial lakes under the East #Antarctic Ice Sheet!*
We use #ICESat2 to show lakes fill and drain beneath slow-moving ice. Modelling likely meltwater routes suggests lakes discharge meltwater under ice shelves.
tiny.cc/wsu7001 @npiglaciology.bsky.social
We use #ICESat2 to show lakes fill and drain beneath slow-moving ice. Modelling likely meltwater routes suggests lakes discharge meltwater under ice shelves.
tiny.cc/wsu7001 @npiglaciology.bsky.social
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Subglacial · Ashbringer
Subglacial - Ashbringer, a 6 track album
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October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Subglacial sediments migrate UP into temperate ice. From Ethan Pierce of @colorado.edu at #AGU24
December 10, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Subglacial sediments migrate UP into temperate ice. From Ethan Pierce of @colorado.edu at #AGU24
Scoperti 85 laghi subglaciali in Antartide grazie al satellite Cryosat dell' @esa.int
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85 new subglacial lakes detected below Antarctica
Hidden beneath the biggest ice mass on Earth, hundreds of subglacial lakes form a crucial part of Antarctica’s icy structure, affecting the movement and stability of glaciers, and consequentially infl...
www.esa.int
September 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Scoperti 85 laghi subglaciali in Antartide grazie al satellite Cryosat dell' @esa.int
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The destabilization of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin upends climate models treating East Antarctica as a stable shield. By exposing how warming ocean currents melt marine-based bedrock from below, researchers reveal a hidden vulnerability that drastically accelerates global sea level rise.
An Unmapped Region of Antarctica Could Be Harboring a Major Threat - Gizmodo
The Wilkes Subglacial Basin contains enough ice to raise global mean sea level by 10 to 13 feet.
gizmodo.com
October 8, 2026 at 4:12 AM
The destabilization of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin upends climate models treating East Antarctica as a stable shield. By exposing how warming ocean currents melt marine-based bedrock from below, researchers reveal a hidden vulnerability that drastically accelerates global sea level rise.
Oh look, a new study on Antarctica found 85 new subglacial lakes on the continent, increasing the number of known active subglacial lakes in Antarctica by 58%.
#collapse
#collapse
September 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Oh look, a new study on Antarctica found 85 new subglacial lakes on the continent, increasing the number of known active subglacial lakes in Antarctica by 58%.
#collapse
#collapse
Satellite images reveal how a subglacial lake erupted through the Greenland ice sheet – a phenomenon never witnessed before which could be driven by rising temperatures.
Meltwater bursts through Greenland ice in first-of-a-kind eruption
Satellite images reveal how a subglacial lake erupted through the Greenland ice sheet – a phenomenon never witnessed before which could be driven by rising temperatures
www.newscientist.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Satellite images reveal how a subglacial lake erupted through the Greenland ice sheet – a phenomenon never witnessed before which could be driven by rising temperatures.