Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf, highlighting its vulnerability. As ...

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the ...

Antarctica’s ice shelves are rapidly thinning due to warm water flowing beneath them, a process accelerated by decreasing sea ...

The vast Antarctic Ice Sheet holds more than half of Earth's freshwater. In several places around the continent, the ice extends over the ocean, where it forms large floating shelves. Observations ...

At the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet, glaciers flow into the Southern Ocean, forming floating ice shelves. These ice shelves act as keystones, stabilizing the ice sheet. They're also shrinking.

Visitors on Antarctic cruises frequently cross the Scotia Sea, sailing directly over this prehistoric time capsule. When scientists drilled through the Ross Ice Shelf, they expected to find empty ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica. | Credit: Data courtesy of Landsat 8 satellite ...

"Warm" water is flowing toward one of Antarctica's biggest ice shelves, which, if it melted, could dramatically raise sea levels. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS) extends over the Weddell Sea in ...