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.
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.
Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ...
Antarctica's ice shelves could be melting up to 40% faster than we thought, study warns Antarctica's ice shelves could be melting up to 40 per cent faster than we thought due to coastal ocean ...
This mechanism contributes substantially to the melting of ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea of West Antarctica. These ice shelves are destabilizing rapidly and contributing to sea level rise.
A meteorite found during a 2012 expedition to the area near Szabo Bluff in the Transantarctic Mountains in Antarctica. (Dr. Katie Joy/Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program) Antarctica is home to ...
UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023 The U.N. weather agency is sounding a "red alert" about global warming, citing record ...
This mechanism contributes substantially to the melting of ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea of West Antarctica. These ice shelves are destabilizing rapidly and contributing to sea level rise.