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 ...
Heavy pooling meltwater can fracture ice, potentially leading to ice shelf collapse. When air temperatures in Antarctica rise and glacier ice melts, water can pool on the surface of floating ice ...
Some 7,000 years ago, West Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated, most likely driven by warmer ocean currents slipping under the ...
In late February and early March, two record melt events for that time of year occurred on the Antarctic Peninsula. Overall, ...
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 ...
New research has found a "missing piece of the puzzle" of West Antarctic Ice Sheet melt, revealing that the collapse of the ...
Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ...
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 ...