13 hours ago · 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 …

5 days ago · Yet the ocean processes that control basal melting, and the fate of the entire Antarctic ice sheet, occur on the scale of millimetres. They happen in a thin layer of ocean, just …

Jan 22, 2025 · Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf, highlighting its vulnerability. As a natural barrier against ice flow, its weakening could …

Jan 8, 2025 · Surface melt extent over the Antarctic Ice Sheet rose sharply again in late December, after a record melt event in mid-December, culminating in all-time record melt …

Jan 16, 2025 · Yet the ocean processes that control basal melting, and the fate of the entire Antarctic ice sheet, occur on the scale of millimetres. They happen in a thin layer of ocean, just …

Jan 20, 2025 · Melting on the ice shelf is evident in the detailed image above. The blue puddles are melt ponds—areas where the snow has melted and pooled in low spots on the shelf. Melt …

Mar 25, 2024 · On Feb. 20, 2024, Antarctic sea ice officially reached its minimum extent for the year. This cycle of growth and melting occurs every year, with the ice reaching its smallest …

Antarctica is losing ice mass (melting) at an average rate of about 150 billion tons per year, and Greenland is losing about 270 billion tons per year, adding to sea level rise.

Jan 23, 2024 · From 15 to 35 total melt days occurred for the November 1 to January 15 period on the northeastern ice shelves of the Antarctic Peninsula. This level of melting is as much as 10 …

Oct 27, 2023 · Scientists have warned for decades that, once the ice in West Antarctica begins to disintegrate, it will gain momentum and be very difficult, if not impossible, to reverse within a …