The gushing spout of warm water could rapidly melt the Antarctic ice shelf and lead to rising sea levels sooner than we think.

Scientists researching in Antarctic fear the Ross Ice Shelf, the size of France, could collapse quickly, triggering a dramatic rise in sea levels, according to reports in the New Zealand press.

Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica ...

The Antarctic ice sheet is nearly twice the area of Australia and holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 metres. Some 7,000 years ago, West Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated ...

A group of 20 scientists from New Zealand - and abroad - are about to head to the bottom of the world to study the impacts of climate change on Antarctica's Ross Sea.

Of particular importance was our measurement of the concentration of sea salt, represented by sodium ... to assess what happened to the Ross Ice Shelf in a similar way. To better quantify the ...

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right up to the Ross Ice Shelf and further south than Tangaroa has ever sailed. Prof. Stevens says the science carried out on the voyage will help to better understand the impacts of climate change on ...

“They graze on the sea ice like cows,” said Werner ... One is the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf marine protected area, which was established in 2009. It was the first of its kind ...

By contrast, cooler conditions prevailed over the adjacent ocean in the Weddell and Ross Seas, which contributed to a slower springtime sea ice retreat ... and Shackleton Ice Shelves, the Totten ...