Clues from the past reveal the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's vulnerability to warming

The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers, located in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), are among ...
Live Science

Melting of West Antarctic ice sheet could trigger catastrophic reshaping of the land beneath

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

Submarine vanishes beneath Antarctic ice after uncovering mysterious hidden structures scientists can’t explain

The frozen edges of Antarctica are less stable than they appear. Beneath the wide, seemingly immovable shelves of ice, the ...
Technology Networks

Ancient Sediments Reveal Ice Sheet’s Vulnerability to Warming

Scientists from the International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 379 showed that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated ...

Researchers make mind-blowing discovery while analyzing Arctic ocean floor: 'What happened in the past is likely to recur'

Researchers analyzing ancient seafloor sediments discovered that West Antarctica's ice sheet has collapsed and regrown ...
Mirage News

West Antarctic Ice Sheet's Warming Vulnerability Exposed

The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers, located in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), are among the fastest-melting ...
Yahoo

West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s ‘catastrophic’ geology

Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and spanning both hemispheres of the globe. The Western Hemisphere sector of the ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Sub disappears under Antarctic ice after finding structures no one can explain

An autonomous research sub sent beneath the Antarctic ice returned images of vast, sculpted structures that no one can yet ...

The Icebreaker Reaches the Thwaites Glacier, and the Science Begins

After a 12-day crossing, and a hard slog through sea ice, the field work on this Antarctic expedition is ready to start.
ZME Science on MSN

This Is What Antarctica Would Look Like Without Its Ice

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...
Quanta Magazine

How Soon Will the Seas Rise?

The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen — and how fast — is anything but settled. However, not all ...
Phys.org

West Antarctica's history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent's 'catastrophic' geology

Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and spanning both hemispheres of the globe. The Western Hemisphere sector of the ...