Monthly Archives: May 2023

How to improve a climate model: a 24-year journey from observing melt ponds to their inclusion in climate simulations

Posted on 30 May, 2023 by danaallen

By: David Schroeder Melt ponds are puddles of water that form on top of sea ice when the snow and ice melts (see Figure). Not all the water drains immediately into the ocean, but it can stay and accumulate on … Continue reading →

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Cycling In All Weathers

Posted on 22 May, 2023 by danaallen

By: David Brayshaw In a few weeks’ time, I’ll be taking some time off for an adventure: spending 3-weeks cycling the entire 3,400 km of this year’s Tour de France (TdF) route.  I’ll be with a team riding just a … Continue reading →

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Flying Through Storms To Understand Their Interaction with Sea Ice: The Arctic Summer-time Cyclones Project and Field Campaign

Posted on 1 May, 2023 by danaallen

By: Ambrogio Volonté Arctic cyclones are the leading type of severe weather system affecting the Arctic Ocean and surrounding land in the summer. They can have serious impacts on sea-ice movement, sometimes resulting in ‘Very Rapid Ice Loss Events’, which … Continue reading →

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