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 ...
New research has uncovered a feedback loop that may be accelerating the melting of the floating portions of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, pushing up global sea levels. The study sheds new light on the ...
The new work may help explain how the Larsen B Ice Shelf abruptly collapsed in 2002. In the months before its catastrophic breakup, thousands of meltwater lakes littered the ice shelf’s surface, which ...
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 ...
This internal oceanic process driving ice shelf melting introduces a novel concept. With this in mind, we have to revaluate winds driving Antarctic ice loss, which can significantly impact future ...
Meandering ocean currents play an important role in the melting of Antarctic ice shelves, threatening a significant rise in sea levels. Meandering ocean currents play an important role in the ...
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 ...
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 ...