Investigating everything from ocean physics to ice sheet and glacier dynamics to the ecology of the organisms that live at the poles.
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Cryosphere and polar science study the frozen water part of the Earth system, ranging from the glaciers of Greenland to the ice sheets of the Antarctic. Antarctica photo by Jack Pan.
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Groundwater Discovered in Sediments Buried Deep Under Antarctic Ice
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U.S. News Names UC San Diego Graduate Programs Among Top 10 in Nation
Geophysics program ranked sixth, geology 12th