For the first time, scientists have directly observed the melting underside of an Antarctic ice shelf, Earth.com reported. An ...

The world's strongest ocean current could slow as melting Antarctic ice sheets flood it with fresh water, according to research published on Monday that warned of "severe" climate consequences.

Research, published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, suggests that mass unloading due to melting of Antarctic ice sheets (isostatic rebound) is triggering eruptions of greater frequency ...

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet poses a unique threat because most of it sits below sea level. As ocean waters rise due to melting ice, more of this ice sheet becomes submerged. Submersion ...

WELLINGTON, March 3 (Bernama-dpa) -- Melting ice sheets will slow the world's strongest ocean current, Australian and Norwegian researchers have found, according to German news agency dpa. The ...

Dr Zhao is affiliated with Australian Antarctic ... as its effect on ice flow and further melting. But subglacial water is largely invisible. Being hidden underneath an ice sheet more than two ...

Antarctic ice sheet background About 90% of the ice on Earth is located in Antarctica; if all this ice were to melt, the global sea level would rise by more than 50 meters. In addition, the ice ...

They do worry, however, that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet might shrink enough to raise global sea levels appreciably in the coming centuries. The worst-case scenario is a complete collapse of the ...