A new study in Antarctic waters has found a significant decrease of salinity, or freshening of the seawater surrounding the Ross Ice Shelf, indicating that ice shelf melt is caused by warming surface ...

But new research suggests that the massive Ross Ice Shelf, which has long been considered stable, might be at risk as well -- potentially leading to a slower sea level rise of up to 38 feet as ...

A new study reveals how local factors influence the Ross Ice Shelf's stability, refining predictions of how it will change and influence sea rise in the future. A new paper offers fresh insight ...

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf in the world. Located on the side of Antarctica closest to New Zealand, it spans an area about the size of Spain and has an average thickness of roughly ...

Scientists have made a significant discovery which has impacted their understanding of the potential effects climate change.

Ice-loving sea anemone discovered beneath the Ross Ice Shelf. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 30, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 01 / 140116130449.htm ...

But Antarctic sea ice has declined steeply since 2017, especially near the Ross Ice Shelf. Scientists recently reported that the cold, salty waterfall to the Antarctic seafloor is already starting ...

Think of the Ross Ice Shelf like a giant bottle stopper — it holds back inland ice and helps keep sea levels in check. But when rivers like this one thin that shelf from beneath, it makes it easier ...

When visiting Godrevy beach on the north Cornish coast, most people look out to sea at the lighthouse, surfers and seals ...

The Ross Ice Shelf covers an area roughly the size of France and is several hundred metres thick, with 90 per cent of the ice below sea level. A study by an international team of scientists ...