Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf Is Melting Faster Than Ever
Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf, highlighting its vulnerability. As ...
NASA Images Reveal Melting Antarctic Ice Shelf: 'Blue Puddles'
"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.
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The Great Un-Freezing: Record Antarctic surface melt extent set; Peninsula melting slows
Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...
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Antarctica ice shelves melting faster than estimated
Antarctica's ice shelves are melting more rapidly than previously known because of climate change, according to a new US Geological Survey report prepared in close collaboration with the British ...
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How is the ocean melting Antarctica? We're starting to figure it out
Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...
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Meltwater remained visible atop Antarctica’s Amery ice shelf
Meltwater has been observed atop the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica, as evidenced by recent imagery obtained from the ...
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Antarctic ice sheet may be less vulnerable to collapse than expected
The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...
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How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focus
The Antarctic ice sheet is nearly twice the area of Australia and holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 ...