Scientists have uncovered a hidden force behind the rapid melting of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier—powerful wind jets known as low-level jets. These fast-moving winds, intensified by polar storms, are ...

Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be triggered by very little ocean warming above present-day, leading to a ...

Study reveals low-level wind jets reaching 32 m/s in Antarctica's Amundsen Sea region accelerate Thwaites and Pine Island glacier melting.

Oceanographer Jennifer Verduin just returned from Antarctica with a powerful message — climate change is no longer a distant threat, it's here and accelerating fast. From melting glaciers to ...

Soot from forest fires in the Amazon might play a role in the melting of faraway ice in Antarctica. For decades, scientists have known that black carbon from burning fossil fuels or forests ...

But beneath Antarctica’s frozen landscape, volcanoes quietly shape Earth's climate in surprising ways. Recent scientific studies reveal that melting ice sheets in West Antarctica might trigger ...

Antarctica is melting, and crucial details are beginning to come into focus of exactly how it's happening. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The ocean melts ice shelves from below – a process known as “basal melting ... calm eastern part of the Dotson ice shelf in west Antarctica, an autonomous robot observed basal terraces.

Increased basal melting has led to the thinning and retreat of the ice sheet in some regions, raising global sea levels . Ice shelves in Antarctica ice shelves act as keystones, stabilising the ...

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Melting ice in Antarctica could trigger volcanic eruptions beneath the continent’s vast ice sheet, creating a slow but dangerous feedback loop, scientists warn. A new study suggests the melting ...

More than 100 volcanoes lurk beneath the surface in Antarctica. Ice sheet melt could set them off. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...