"Unexpected changes being observed in East Antarctica." Scientists observe concerning 'unexpected changes' in Antarctic ice ...

A larger shelf means legal access to more of the ocean floor’s riches: animals, hydrocarbons, and, perhaps most important, ...

The conventional wisdom emphasizes the influences of physical, chemical and biological processes of the ocean, while the effects of shelf weathering due to sea level changes are often overlooked ...

However, in the summer, warmer water comes up onto the continental shelf from the open ocean and travels toward the ice shelf through a channel called the Filchner Trough, according to the study.

Prior research had already shown that during summer, relatively warm seawater rises from middle depths in the nearby ocean up to the continental shelf, then along the undersea Filchner Trough ...