The pristine world of Antarctica ... towards the underside of the ice shelves. This warm water would then interact with the ice, causing significant melting from below and weakening the overall ...
Antarctica's ice sheet was formed by thousands of years of accumulated and compacted snow. Along the coast the ice gradually floats out onto the sea, forming massive ledges known as ice shelves.
Recent research has uncovered alarming evidence on how ice shelves are not just bending under pressure but are actively fracturing.
The pristine world of Antarctica, a kingdom of ice and ... transporting warm water towards the underside of the ice shelves. This warm water would then interact with the ice, causing significant ...
Look out over Antarctica in the summer ... "In the absence of sea ice, the ocean swell can break apart ice shelves faster than they otherwise would," Purich said. "Once the shelves have broken ...
The central question of how warmer ocean waters reach the ice shelves from ... climate projections—the melting around West Antarctica could accelerate, leading to faster sea-level rise.
Ceccolini is co-chief executive of British start-up Real Ice, which aims to thicken Arctic ice shelves and strengthen ... equipment than reversing the melting of Arctic ice, which appears to ...
A new study of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica ... shelves stretching out across the ocean act as natural borders for glaciers and streams on land, slowing down the melting rate and increasing ice ...