Dear all,
Have you ever wondered why geothermal heat flow is important for the Antarctic Ice Sheet? How do we even measure it when there's all that ice in the way?
I'm delighted to announce that members of the SCAR-SERCE sub-group on geothermal heat flow (GHF), have produced a White Paper titled 'Antarctic Geothermal Heat Flow: Future Research directions'. The paper is led by Alex Burton-Johnson (BAS) with contributions from researchers across a wide range of disciplines.
For those not familiar with the subject, the document provides an overview of the importance of understanding GHF across Antarctica, and the current methods and discrepancies associated with tying to characterise this important property when there are several kilometres of ice in the way!
The White Paper can be downloaded from the SERCE news page, where we have also posted a short video about the document: https://www.scar.org/scar-news/serce-news/scar-serce-ghf/
Best wishes,
Pippa
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Dr. Pippa Whitehouse
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Durham University
DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)191 334 1877
Office: S210
