Research Reveals ‘Warm Water’ Flowing Toward One of Antarctica’s Biggest Ice Shelves Could Dramatically Raise Sea Levels Observations indicate that several ice sheets of Antarctica were thinning due ...

"Unexpected changes being observed in East Antarctica." Scientists observe concerning 'unexpected changes' in Antarctic ice ...

Here’s how it works. "Warm" water is flowing toward one of Antarctica's biggest ice shelves, which, if it melted, could dramatically raise sea levels. In a study published Nov. 14, 2024 in the ...

The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote British island, potentially putting penguins and seals in ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

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photos captured by NASA show turquoise colored pools of water appearing along one of the region’s largest ice shelves, indicating that global warming is continuing to compromise the famed ...

The world's biggest iceberg -- three time the size of ... In January 2023, a massive piece of Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf — a chunk about the size of two New York Cities — broke free.

Megaberg A23a might be on the verge of running into South Georgia and surrounding islands in the South Atlantic. The result could spell trouble for wildlife on those islands, and A23a's movement is a ...

If you were to walk out onto the ice, it’s hard to know where the shoreline lies. The biggest danger with shelf ice is how unstable it is. Shelf ice can collapse from a person walking on it ...

Data processed by Paul Quast. O.V.E.R.V.I.E.W. via Flickr, CC BY 2.0 "Warm" water is flowing toward one of Antarctica's biggest ice shelves, which, if it melted, could dramatically raise sea levels.

"Warm" water is flowing toward one of Antarctica's biggest ice shelves, which, if it melted, could dramatically raise sea levels. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS) extends over the Weddell Sea in ...