The vast West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough ice to raise sea level by 4-5 m if it melts completely. Research has found a ...

Scientists will camp on the edge of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which holds enough ice to raise sea levels by four to five ...

A Binghamton University Earth Sciences faculty member is part of an ambitious mission to obtain critical geological records ...

The result of Marlin’s unplanned observations was major for researchers at the UK-based University of East Anglia. For the ...

Warming ocean waters are melting Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf at accelerating rates, highlighting a climate-driven trend with implications for global sea levels and climate modeling. New research ...

“We found that about 128,000 years ago, enhanced melting of Arctic sea ice had a significant effect on the overturning circulation in the Nordic seas, which is an important component of the Atlantic ...

it is impossible to know how the ice sheets will respond to rapidly warming oceans and atmosphere, greatly limiting our ability to project rates of sea level rise," he added.

and krill feeding on the algae. It's colourful and full of life, like a coral reef." This is no biological desert, says Yager. Spring melting of seasonal sea ice usually stabilises the ocean ...

Within 24 hours of arriving in the Ross Sea, the ice patrol ship had carried out the first of several CCAMLR inspections with six embarked Australian and New Zealand specialists to support.