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 ...

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.

If a suitable site exists, it should be possible to assess what happened to the Ross Ice Shelf in a similar way. To better quantify the loss of the WAIS, further ice cores and modelling ...

The biggest ice shelf in Antarctica is slipping — a first-of-its-kind discovery related to our warming world. A study ...