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Antarctica InSync webinars: presentation and community discussion of the draft White Papers

January 20, 2026 @ 17:00 - January 21, 2026 @ 09:00 UTC+2

Antarctica InSync will host two global webinars on 20 & 21 January 2026 to present draft White Papers for scientific planning and invite feedback from the wider scientific community. These events are designed to foster dialogue across the international science community and disciplines as the White Papers progress toward final publication.   Purpose of the …

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Antarctica InSync Workshop shapes future of collaborative Antarctic research

More than 100 participants from over 20 nations gathered at ESA’s ESRIN centre for the Antarctica InSync Science Planning Workshop, marking a major milestone in shaping the future of international Antarctic research. The four-day event centred on discussions around the seven priority science themes and seven cross-cutting groups, each contributing to the ambitious coordination of …

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The Antarctica InSync Science Planning Workshop |ESA ESRIN 03-06 November 2025

November 3 - November 6
ESA-ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei, 1
Frascati, RM 00044 Italy

Background The Antarctica InSync Science Planning Workshop will be hosted by ESA at ESRIN, Frascati (Italy), from 3rd to 6th November 2025. Antarctica InSync is a globally coordinated scientific initiative established to address the pan-Antarctic scale of environmental change currently unfolding across the Antarctic continent and the Southern Ocean. The initiative is grounded in an …

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85 new subglacial lakes detected below Antarctica

Using over a decade of data from ESA’s CryoSat satellite, scientists have identified 85 previously unknown active subglacial lakes beneath Antarctica, bringing the total to 231. These lakes, hidden several kilometres below the surface, periodically fill and drain—movements detected through subtle ice surface height changes measured by CryoSat’s radar altimeter. The discovery also adds 12 …

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5D Antarctica

Prime company: UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, SCHOOL OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT (GB)

5D Antarctica aims to produce a suite of state-of-the-art Earth Observation datasets to characterise how the coastal ice sheet and ice shelves in Antarctica have changed over the last decades, and to make use of these datasets to investigate the physical processes driving this evolution. This will provide the first integrated assessment of ice dynamic …

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2nd Antarctica InSync International Science Webinar

September 9 @ 07:00 - September 10 @ 17:30 UTC+0

To accommodate participants across diverse time zones and ensure broad global engagement, the webinar will take place over two days, with each session offering the same core content. Join us for a dynamic two-day online workshop to advance the scientific planning of Antarctica InSync, an international initiative endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade. Aiming for …

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Greenland subglacial flood bursts through ice sheet surface

 A new study published in Nature Geoscience reports the first documented case of a subglacial lake draining explosively through Greenland’s ice sheet, blasting a roughly 2 km² area and cutting a 85 m‑deep crater in July-August 2014. The researchers estimate the event released about 90 billion litres of meltwater bursting upward through nearly 85–90 m of ice. The flood …

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Antarctic waters getting saltier as sea ice wanes

Using data from ESA’s SMOS satellite, scientists collaborating in the Southern Ocean Freshwater (SO Fresh) project have discovered a surprising reversal in the Southern Ocean: instead of becoming fresher as Antarctic sea ice melts, surface waters are growing saltier, particularly south of 50° S, with salinity rising even as ice cover rapidly retreats. This unexpected trend …

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Enhancing glacier monitoring

In the heart of the Swiss Alps, scientists are pioneering new methods to monitor glacier health with unprecedented precision. By harnessing satellite data and advanced modelling techniques, they’re gaining insights into the subtle changes in glacier mass balance, crucial for understanding water resources and the impacts of climate change. Glaciers are sensitive indicators of climate …

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