An unexpected ice collapse hints at worrying changes on the Antarctic …
Dec 3, 2024 · The sudden collapse in March 2022 of Antarctica’s Conger ice shelf into icebergs (shown) surprised many, because it sat in an area that was widely considered to be stable. Lauren Dauphin,...
Two years ago, an Antarctic ice shelf 'suddenly disappeared ...
Dec 5, 2024 · Australian and international scientists have used satellite imagery to chronicle the collapse of a New York City-sized ice shelf in Antarctica, shedding light on key processes linked to future sea level rise. Since the mid-1990s, about 10 ice shelves have been observed rapidly disintegrating in West Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula.
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier ice shelf could collapse in 5 years ...
Dec 13, 2021 · Thwaites Glacier (shown) poses the greatest near-term threat to sea level rise, scientists say. New data suggest that a buttressing ice shelf helping to slow the Florida-sized glacier’s slide...
Antarctic ice shelves are shattering. How fast will seas rise?
Mar 28, 2022 · Despite Conger’s collapse, the most pressing concern is still the ice shelves fringing West Antarctica, where Pettit works. Their December 2021 discovery suggested the Thwaites ice shelf could...
Antarctica’s Collapse Could Begin Even Sooner Than Anticipated
Nov 1, 2022 · Two expeditions to the Thwaites Ice Shelf have revealed that it could splinter apart in less than a decade, hastening sea-level rise worldwide
West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse may be unavoidable, study finds
Oct 23, 2023 · The most comprehensive effort yet to predict how global warming will affect the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has found there is little humanity can do to stop its ice shelves from melting, which...
Why East Antarctica is a 'sleeping giant' of sea level rise - BBC
Scientists once thought the East Antarctic ice sheet, which contains enough water to raise sea levels 52m (170ft), was stable. But now its ice shelves are beginning to melt.
Multi-decadal collapse of East Antarctica’s Conger–Glenzer Ice Shelf
Dec 3, 2024 · Here we report the collapse of the Conger–Glenzer Ice Shelf in East Antarctica that culminated with its March 2022 disintegration. We use a combination of observations to document its...
Doomsday Glacier: Scientists looked deep beneath Antarctic ice.
Sep 20, 2024 · Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate and could be on an irreversible path to collapse,...
Scientists drilled an ice core from Antarctica and were alarmed ... - CNN
Feb 8, 2024 · Evidence from a 2,000-foot-long ice core reveals that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrank suddenly and dramatically around 8,000 years ago, according to new research — providing an alarming...