“Death by a Thousand Cuts” – New Research Reveals That Antarctica’s Ice Shelves Are Dying
Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...
Study: Antarctic sea pack recovers if greenhouse gases reduced
The rapidly shrinking sea ice pack in Antarctic waters will likely recover if prompt action is taken to contain greenhouse ...
Live Science on MSN6d
Time-Lapse Of Radar Images Shows How The Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses
Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and ...
Live Science6d
How is the ocean melting Antarctica? We're starting to figure it out
They're also shrinking. The ocean melts ice shelves ... and the fate of the entire Antarctic ice sheet, occur on the scale of millimetres. They happen in a thin layer of ocean, just beneath ...
Phys.org20d
Melting Antarctic ice sheets may be causing larger volcanic eruptions
To do so, they used a thermomechanical magma chamber model and simulated a shrinking West Antarctic Ice Sheet through inputting specific pressure decreases exerted on the underlying rocks and ...
MercoPress10d
Antarctic sea ice hitting historic lows
“The area of Antarctic ice reached an all-time low ... the report explained that it was the second time scientists had observed ice shrinking below 2 million square kilometers.
The Conversation15d
How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focus
They’re also shrinking. The ocean melts ice shelves ... and the fate of the entire Antarctic ice sheet, occur on the scale of millimetres. They happen in a thin layer of ocean, just beneath ...
The Independent25d
Antarctica’s melting ice may awaken hidden volcanoes, study warns
Antarctic sea ice has been shrinking in recent years, hitting near-record lows in 2024. The 2024 winter maximum for Antarctic sea ice was the second lowest on record.