An extensive model of the Antarctic ... sheet, which dictates where and how quickly glaciers move toward the ocean. The ...

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level ... both East and West Antarctica ...

This guest post is by: Dr Ella Gilbert, regional climate modeller at the British Antarctic Survey. “Atmospheric rivers” are bringing rain to the frozen slopes of the West ... sea level rise. They act ...

global sea levels would rise by one and a half meters. “If the entire West Antarctic Ice Sheet breaks off, this increase would be three and a half to five meters,” stresses Klages, emphasizing ...

Scientists researching in Antarctic fear the Ross Ice Shelf, the size of France, could collapse quickly, triggering a dramatic rise in sea levels ... about the West Antarctic Ice Sheet?

For instance, in the warm, calm eastern part of the Dotson ice shelf in west Antarctica ... of the contribution of the Antarctic ice sheet to global sea level rise. However, incorporating our ...

Scripps researchers have found that geologic formations that allow water to flow below ice shelves are responsible for differing melt rates of the Ross ... If the West Antarctic Ice Sheet were to ...

The Thwaites Glacier is one of many bodies of ice that are melting, but this massive, Antarctic glacier is uniquely important when it comes to sea level rise. “We’re talking a ...

The problem is clear: the world’s glaciers are melting, causing sea levels to rise ... is to pump water on parts of the Antarctic ice sheet in the winter. The water would then freeze over ...