See Publication list for Amundsen Sea Research.

Much of my research for over a decade has focussed on the ice streams and ice shelves feeding the Amundsen Sea off West Antarctica. This is the part of Antarctica that has consistently been losing ice for the last 30 years, ever since we have been able to observe it with satellites. Dominated by Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers, both broadly equivalent in area to the entire United Kingdom, the ice losses over the last three decades have contributed an estimated ~10% of observed sea-level rise around the world.

Our current research is channelled through the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, which aims to understand why this part of Antarctica is diminishing so rapidly, and to project how rapidly further ice may be lost in the future.

Prior to this, my group and I have made key contributions in acquiring and analysing ground-based geophysical datasets across the Pine Island Glacier catchment, most recently as part of NERC’s iSTAR Programme. We are integrating analyses of these datasets with further geophysical datasets acquired from airborne and satellite platforms. The data inform us of the shape and condition of the ice’s contact with the underlying bed, and the internal structure of the ice, which form vital inputs for numerical modelling of the region’s future ice losses and projected sea-level contributions.

Publication list for Amundsen Sea Research:

Schroeder, D,M.; J.A. Dowdeswell, M.J. Siegert, R.G. Bingham, W. Chu, E.J. MacKie, M.R. Siegfried, K.I. Vega, J.R. Emmons and K. Winstein (2019)
Multidecadal observations of the Antarctic ice sheet from restored analog radar records.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 18867-18873.
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Online: DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821646116

Christie, F.D.W.; R.G. Bingham, N. Gourmelen, E.J. Steig, R.R. Bisset, H.D. Pritchard, K. Snow and S.F.B. Tett (2018)
Glacier change along West Antarctica’s Marie Byrd Land Sector and links to inter-decadal atmosphere-ocean variability.
The Cryosphere, 12, 2461-2479.
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Online: DOI: 10.5194/tc-12-2461-2018

Davies, D.; R.G. Bingham, E.C. King, A.M. Smith, A.M. Brisbourne, M. Spagnolo, A.G.C. Graham, A.E. Hogg and D.G. Vaughan (2018)
How dynamic are ice-stream beds?
The Cryosphere, 12, 1615-1628.
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Online: DOI: 10.5194/tc-12-1615-2018

Bingham, R.G.; D.G. Vaughan, E.C. King, D. Davies, S.L. Cornford, A.M. Smith, A.M. Brisbourne, J. De Rydt, A.G.C. Graham, M. Spagnolo, O.J. Marsh and D.M. Shean (2017)
Diverse landscapes beneath Pine Island Glacier influence ice flow.
Nature Communications, 8, 1618.
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Online: DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01597-y

Gourmelen, N.; D.N. Goldberg, K. Snow, S.F. Henley, R.G. Bingham, S. Kimura, A.E. Hogg, A. Shepherd, J. Mouginot, J.T.M. Lenaerts, S.R.M. Ligtenberg and W.J. van de Berg (2017)
Channelized melting drives thinning under an Antarctic ice shelf.
Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 9796-9804.
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Online: DOI: 10.1002/2017GL074929

Davies, D.; R.G. Bingham, A.G.C. Graham, M. Spagnolo, P. Dutrieux, D.G. Vaughan, A. Jenkins and F.O. Nitsche (2017)
High-resolution sub-ice-shelf seafloor records of 20th-century ungrounding and retreat of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 122, 1698-1714.
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Online: DOI: 10.1002/2017JF004311

Van Wyk de Vries, M.; R.G. Bingham and A.S. Hein (2017)
A new volcanic province: an inventory of subglacial volcanoes in West Antarctica.
Geological Society Special Publications, 461, pp tbc.
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Online: DOI: 10.1144/SP461.7

Turner, J.; A. Orr, G.H. Gudmundsson, A. Jenkins, R.G. Bingham, C.-D. Hillenbrand and T.J. Bracegirdle (2017)
Atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica.
Reviews of Geophysics, 55, 235-276.
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Online: DOI: 10.1002/2016RG000532

Brisbourne, A.M.; A.M. Smith, D.G. Vaughan, E.C. King, D. Davies, R.G. Bingham, E.C. Smith, I. Nias and S.H.R. Rosier (2017)
Bed conditions of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 122, 419-433.
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Online: DOI: 10.1002/2016JF004033

Karlsson, N.B.; R.G. Bingham, D.M. Rippin, R.C.A. Hindmarsh, H.F.J. Corr and D.G. Vaughan (2014)
Constraining past accumulation in central Pine Island Glacier Basin from radio-echo sounding.
Journal of Glaciology, 60, 553-562.
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Online: DOI: 10.3189/2014JoG13J180

Smith, A.M.; T.A. Jordan, F. Ferraccioli and R.G. Bingham (2013)
Influence of subglacial conditions on ice stream dynamics: Seismic and potential field data from Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 1471-82.
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Online: DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009582

Fretwell, P.; H.D. Pritchard, D.G. Vaughan, J L. Bamber, N.E. Barrand, R. Bell, C. Bianchi, R.G. Bingham, D.D. Blankenship, G. Casassa, G. Catania, D. Callens, H. Conway, A.J. Cook, H.F.J. Corr, D. Damaske, V. Damm, F. Ferraccioli, R. Forsberg, S. Fujita, Y. Gim, P. Gogineni1, J.A. Griggs, R.C.A. Hindmarsh, P. Holmlund, J.W. Holt, R.W. Jacobel, A. Jenkins, W. Jokat, T. Jordan, E.C. King, J. Kohler, W. Krabill, M. Riger-Kusk, K.A. Langley, G. Leitchenkov, C. Leuschen, B.P. Luyendyk, K. Matsuoka, J. Mouginot, F.O. Nitsche, Y. Nogi, O.A. Nost, S.V. Popov, E. Rignot, D.M. Rippin, A. Rivera, J. Roberts, N. Ross, M.J. Siegert, A.M. Smith, D. Steinhage, M. Studinger, B. Sun, B. K. Tinto, B.C. Welch, D. Wilson, D.A. Young, C. Xiangbin and A. Zirizzotti (2013)
Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica.
The Cryosphere, 7, 375-393.
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Online: DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-375-2013

Smith, A.M., C.R. Bentley, R.G. Bingham and T.A. Jordan (2012)
Rapid subglacial erosion beneath Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica.
Geophysical Research Letters, 39, 5pp, Article No. L12501.
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Online: DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051651

Karlsson, N.B.; D.M. Rippin, R.G. Bingham and D.G. Vaughan (2012)
A “continuity-index” for assessing ice-sheet dynamics from radar-sounded internal layers.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 39, 335-336, 88-94.
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Online: DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.04.034

Vaughan, D.G.; D.K.A. Barnes, P.T. Fretwell and R.G. Bingham (2011)
Potential seaways across West Antarctica.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 7, Article No. Q10004.
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Online: DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003688

Scott, J.B.T., A.M. Smith, R.G. Bingham and D.G. Vaughan (2010)
Crevasses triggered on Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, by drilling through an exceptional melt layer.
Annals of Glaciology, 51, 65-70.
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Online: DOI: 10.3189/172756410791392763

Bingham, R.G.; E.C. King, A.M. Smith and H.D. Pritchard (2010)
Glacial geomorphology: towards a convergence of glaciology and geomorphology.
Progress in Physical Geography, 34, 327-355.
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Online: DOI: 10.1177/0309133309360631

Scott, J.B.T.; G.H. Gudmundsson, A.M. Smith, R.G. Bingham, H.D. Pritchard and D.G. Vaughan (2010)
Increased rate of acceleration on Pine Island Glacier strongly coupled to changes in gravitational driving stress.
The Cryosphere, 3, 125-131.
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Online: DOI: 10.5194/tc-3-125-2009

Bingham, R.G. and M.J. Siegert (2007)
Radio-echo sounding over polar ice sheets.
Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 12, 47-62.
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Online: DOI: 10.2113/JEEG12.1.47

Pritchard, H.D. and R.G. Bingham (2007)
Exploration glaciology: radar and Antarctic ice.
Physics Education , 42, 442-456.
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Online: DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/42/5/001