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Warm water is creeping toward Antarctica’s ice, and scientists say melting is worse than feared

Warm seawater is pushing farther beneath Antarctica’s ice shelves and even under grounded ice than scientists previously ...
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Scientists crush ice cores to predict Antarctica’s next big ice crack

In Antarctica, two giant rifts, known as Chasm 1 and Halloween Crack, split across the Brunt Ice Shelf. The implications of ...

Scientists discovered an underwater city of 60-million fish nests beneath Antarctica's ice shelf

Hidden beneath hundreds of metres of Antarctic ice lies one of the planet's most extraordinary wildlife spectacles. After ...
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A hidden ocean measured under Antarctica’s biggest ice shelf could push sea levels higher

Researchers have collected the first multi-year record of ocean conditions hidden beneath Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, ...
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Antarctica’s ice shelves face a growing threat from warm waters below

For years, climate models warned that warm deep water around Antarctica could edge closer to the continent's icy fringe. Now the ocean itself appears to be confirming it. A decades-long analysis of ...
Phys.org

Antarctica's ice shelves are vulnerable to melting from below—knowing how far ocean heat reaches is crucial

A rare dataset collected by instruments at the point where Antarctica's largest ice shelf begins to float reveals ocean processes that drive melting at this critical part of the continent. During a ...
New Scientist

The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away

Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about to be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier is set to break away. “Its final demise could happen suddenly, and to ...

Discoveries Beneath Antarctica's Ice Could Transform Our Understanding of Earth and Space

In just the past year, researchers have uncovered new geological structures, traces of ancient stardust, and thriving ecosystems beneath Antarctica's ice shelves. Together, these discoveries paint a ...
Reuters

Antarctica ice shelves vulnerable to meltwater that could cut ice 'like a knife,' study finds

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Meltwater could undermine the walls of ice holding back Antarctica's glaciers, scientists reported on Wednesday, a finding that underscores concern about the potential for a ...
Phys.org

Beneath Antarctica's largest ice shelf, a hidden ocean is revealing its secrets

Beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf lies one of the least measured oceans on Earth—a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the volume of the North Sea. This hidden ocean matters because it is the ice ...
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Antarctica’s ice shelves face a growing threat from warm waters below

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ice shelves in Bellinghausen Sea, Antarctica, taken onboard the R/V Falkor (too) in 2025. (CREDIT: Laura Cimoli, University of ...