Floating ice shelves in Antarctica act as critical barriers, holding back glacier ice from spilling into the ocean. However, ...
The pristine world of Antarctica, a kingdom of ice and ... and erosion. The faster those ice shelves melt, the sooner this threat becomes a harsh reality, forcing difficult choices about ...
Antarctica's ice shelves are melting more rapidly than previously known because of climate change, according to a new US Geological Survey report prepared in close collaboration with the British ...
New research has uncovered a feedback loop that may be accelerating the melting of the floating portions of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, pushing up global sea levels. The study sheds new light on the ...
The new work may help explain how the Larsen B Ice Shelf abruptly collapsed in 2002. In the months before its catastrophic breakup, thousands of meltwater lakes littered the ice shelf’s surface, which ...
Some 7,000 years ago, West Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated, most likely driven by warmer ocean currents slipping under the ...
New research has found a "missing piece of the puzzle" of West Antarctic Ice Sheet melt, revealing that the collapse of the ...
Can it reach through Antarctica's cold, fast currents of air and water ... But that's enough to begin melting ice shelves, which are at or below freezing point. As you'd expect, the longer ...
Meandering ocean currents play an important role in the melting of Antarctic ice shelves, threatening a significant rise in sea levels. Meandering ocean currents play an important role in the ...
Research reveals an accelerating feedback loop hastening the melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, contributing to rising global sea levels. This new insight from the University of Southampton ...
It’s known that Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW), a water mass that is up to 4°C above local freezing temperatures, is flowing beneath the ice shelves in West Antarctica and melting them from below.
Can it reach through Antarctica’s cold, fast currents of air and water ... But that’s enough to begin melting ice shelves, which are at or below freezing point. As you’d expect, the longer ...