Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...

Antarctica is melting, and crucial details are beginning to come into focus of exactly how it's happening. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The ocean melts ice shelves from below—a process known as "basal melting." Increased basal ... calm eastern part of the Dotson ice shelf in west Antarctica, an autonomous robot observed basal ...

These images, snapped by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on January 1, show pools of pale blue meltwater peppered across the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica. This melting comes despite ...

So when a new study suggests that climate change could accelerate volcanism in Antarctica ... proximate to surface ice will promote ice melting. In turn, the crustal unloading associated with ...

As the ice sheets melt, eruptions may become more common – and stronger If you picture Antarctica, a continent roughly the size of the US and Mexico combined, an endless white void probably ...