Rising Sea Levels When you think about the ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica, you're really looking at the biggest ...

Antarctica, the coldest and most remote continent on Earth, is changing faster than we can fully understand. Scientists have ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

The melting of the Amery Ice Shelf poses severe risks to the global climate system, as this critical structure helps stabilize the Antarctic ice sheet. The shelf’s destabilization could lead to ...

While sea levels are certain to rise this century ... "How does the ocean melt Antarctic ice shelves?" Computer simulations of ocean processes aren't new. But only recently have simulations ...

Antarctica's ice shelves are melting more rapidly than previously ... Along the coast the ice gradually floats out onto the sea, forming massive ledges known as ice shelves. Seven such ice shelves ...

The Denman glacier in East Antarctica is one of the largest and fastest melting glaciers on the continent, and yet little is ...

Record-Low Antarctic Sea Ice Can Be Explained and Forecast Months ... 5, 2024 — Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, heatwaves at sea -- 2023 set a number of alarming new records.

melt the ice underneath, and thus accumulate in tiny cryoconite holes (looking like miniature potholes) and meltwater creeks. — Credit: Julien Seguinot/Flickr Together, the Antarctic and Greenland Ice ...

Led by the Australian Antarctic Division, instruments deployed in the lake measure water temperature, salinity, and depth, offering vital data on the interaction between the ice shelf and the ocean.

While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...