Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

The rapidly shrinking sea ice pack in Antarctic waters will likely recover if prompt action is taken to contain greenhouse ...

Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and ...

At the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet, glaciers flow into the Southern Ocean, forming floating ice shelves. These ice ...

The size variations in the Antarctic ice sheet over time have confirmed its unstable nature, made worse by greenhouse ...

By Madelaine Gamble Rosevear, Postdoctoral Fellow in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania; Ben Galton-Fenzi, Principal Scientist, Australian Antarctic Division; Bishakhdatta Gayen, ARC Future ...

“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.

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.

The ice sheet is shrinking more rapidly each year, according to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition. By the year 2020, the pace of ice loss in Antarctica had multiplied sixfold over three ...

Shrinking, thinning and retreating At the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet, glaciers flow into the Southern Ocean, forming floating ice shelves. These ice shelves act as keystones, stabilising ...