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Scientists Secure $5M Grant to Study Antarctic Ice Growth

10/31/2025

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Assistant Professor Adriane R. Lam of Binghamton University and Imogen M. Browne of Northumbria University received funding to study moisture-driven Antarctic ice sheet growth during the Miocene Climatic Optimum.
They will use climate models and marine sediment cores to understand past ice volumes.
ISMIP7 aims to improve projections of ice melt and sea-level rise, supported by a $5 million international grant.
The work informs adaptation strategies against rising seas.

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Assistant Professor Adriane R. Lam of Binghamton University and Imogen M. Browne of Northumbria University received funding to study moisture-driven Antarctic ice sheet growth during the Miocene Climatic Optimum.
They will use climate models and marine sediment cores to understand past ice volumes.
ISMIP7 aims to improve projections of ice melt and sea-level rise, supported by a $5 million international grant.
The work informs adaptation strategies against rising seas.