Ocean currents threaten to collapse Antarctic ice shelves Date: April 11, 2024 Source: Hokkaido University Summary: Meandering ocean currents play an important role in the melting of Antarctic ice ...

New research reveals Antarctic sea ice has hit record lows three times since 2017, creating cascading effects on global ...

image: Dotson Ice Shelf, Amundsen Sea, Antarctica (Photo: Taewook Park) view more . Credit: Taewook Park. Meandering ocean currents play an important role in the melting of Antarctic ice shelves ...

When the crew aboard an ocean science expedition learned that an iceberg the size of Chicago had broken off from an Antarctic ice shelf, they knew they had to stop what they were doing immediately ...

Melting ice in the Antarctic is not just raising sea levels but slowing down the circulation of deep ocean water with vast implications for the global climate and for marine life, a new study warns.

New research has, for the first time, tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the ...

In a scenario of high greenhouse gas emissions, mathematical models project that the current could slow down by up to 20% by 2050. Meltwater pouring off the Antarctic ice shelves is projected to ...

Rapidly melting Antarctic ice is dramatically slowing down the flow of water through the world's oceans, and could have a disastrous impact on global climate, the marine food chain and even the ...

Scientists say about 70 of the 160 ice shelves that surround Antarctica have reduced in volume, releasing 7.5 trillion tonnes of freshwater into the ocean. Vast Antarctic ice shelves shrinking as ...

An iceberg broke off of the Antarctic ice sheet, and as scientists studied the deep ocean where the ice once was, ... Even Under The Antarctic Ice Shelf. Posted: March 22, 2025 ...

Ice shelves surround Antarctica and are floating extensions of the continent’s bedrock-grounded ice sheet, forming where the ice sheet flows down to the coast and extends over the ocean.