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.
The Cool Down on MSN7mon
Scientists make concerning discovery deep below Antarctic ice shelf the size of France: 'We found that the whole shelf suddenly moves'The biggest ice shelf in Antarctica is slipping — a first-of-its-kind discovery related to our warming world. A study ...
Seafloor sediments from beneath the Ross Ice Shelf represent an archive of warmer periods in Earth’s past. An ambitious international project aims to uncover what we can learn about our hotter ...
The Conversation on MSN22d
How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focusThe Antarctic ice sheet is nearly twice the area of Australia and holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 ...
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.
The legendary Norwegian explorer, Ronald Amundsen started the journey that led him to being the first person to reach the South Pole from the Ross Ice Shelf. Similarly, the British explorers ...
They would not rest until they had cached more than 4,000 pounds of provisions on the Ross Ice Shelf to supply Shackleton's polar trek. But they wouldn't learn the futility of their toil and agony ...
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