West Antarctic Sea Ice Fails to Form in France-Sized Area

Satellite imagery has revealed that a region in the Bellingshausen Sea, roughly the size of France, is missing its expected winter sea ice. Dr. Will Hobbs of the University of Tasmania reports that approximately 650,000 square kilometers of ice failed to solidify, a trend researchers link to warming ocean waters moving southward toward West Antarctica. … Read more

Antarctica Is Hiding a Terrifying Secret. It Could Put the World at Risk.

The Invisible Threat: Why Hidden Ice Channels are Redefining Sea Level Rise For years, the global conversation around melting ice has centered on the “big players”—the massive glaciers and ice sheets that are visibly retreating. But a groundbreaking shift in glaciology is revealing that the real danger might not be what we see on the … Read more