Earth

Cryosphere and Polar Science

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.

Recent News

Around the Pier: NASA Launches World’s Most Advanced Ice-Measuring Satellite into Orbit

Research Highlight: After the Break

What Lies beneath West Antarctica?

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Academics

MINSTER, Jean-Bernard
Professor

FRICKER, Helen Amanda
Professor

WILLENBRING, JANE
Associate Professor


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Centers, Labs, and Projects

Scripps Glaciology Group
Studies ice-sheet processes.
Scripps Polar Center
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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Recent Publications

Das, I.; Padman, L.; Bell, R. E.; Fricker, H. A.; Tinto, K. J.; Hulbe, C. L.; Siddoway, C. S.; Dhakal, T.; Frearson, N. P.; Mosbeux, C.; Cordero, S. I.; Siegfried, M. R.
Lindner, F.; Walter, F.; Laske, G.; Gimbert, F.

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