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Who are the Skeptics?
Part 3 in a series of 5 for NextGen Journal Adapted from part of an earlier post As we discussed last time, there is a remarkable level of scientific consensus on the reality and severity of...
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Modelling the Apocalypse
Let’s all put on our science-fiction hats and imagine that humans get wiped off the face of the Earth tomorrow. Perhaps a mysterious superbug kills us all overnight, or maybe we organize a mass...
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With a Little Help from the Elephant Seals
A problem which has plagued oceanography since the very beginning is a lack of observations. We envy atmospheric scientists with their surface stations and satellite data that monitor virtually the...
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The Most Terrifying Papers I Read Last Year
An ice sheet forms when snow falls on land, compacts into ice, and forms a system of interconnected glaciers which gradually flow downhill like play-dough. In Antarctica, it is so cold that the ice...
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Future projections of Antarctic ice shelf melting
Climate change will increase ice shelf melt rates around Antarctica. That’s the not-very-surprising conclusion of my latest modelling study, done in collaboration with both Australian and German...
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How does the Weddell Polynya affect Antarctic ice shelves?
The Weddell Polynya is a large hole in the sea ice of the Weddell Sea, near Antarctica. It occurs only very rarely in observations, but is extremely common in ocean models, many of which simulate a...
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