They also used radar to measure the thickness of the ice. ... The researchers also pointed out that the Ross Ice Shelf is 100 times larger than ice shelves that have already melted away.

A forgotten set of photos taken by a U.S. Navy plane in 1966 has recently become the key to unlocking some crucial insights ...

The Ross Ice Shelf appears to be melting in previously unknown ways. The same mechanisms could be melting other giant ice shelves, too.

ROSETTA-Ice collected data from the massive Ross Ice Shelf, which helps slow the flow of about 20 percent of Antarctica's grounded ice into the ocean -- equivalent to 38 feet of global sea level rise.

Low-frequency vibrations of the Ross Ice Shelf are likely causing ripples and undulations in the air above Antarctica, a new study finds. Using mathematical models of the ice shelf, the study's ...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have found decades-old aerial photos that are helping them better understand the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves. The photos offer an unparalleled ...

The Ross Ice Shelf stretches out over 500,809 km2 ... custom-made radar system took measurements from 78 sites surrounding Ross Island in order to keep track of the changing thickness of the shelf.

Available data showing ice thickness variation already allows a prediction for the upper ocean of ... Schmidt’s team observed ice pumping inside a crevasse beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf.

An ancient rocky structure found at the heart of the Ross ice shelf helps determine where Antarctica's ice melts and where it stays firm and frozen.The structure is an old tectonic boundary ...

April 29 (UPI) --Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, the largest ice shelf in the world, is melting ten times faster than the global average.Over the last several years, scientists have been tracking the ...

With a multi-institution interdisciplinary team, the four-year ROSETTA-Ice project assembled an unprecedented view of Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, in the Ross Sea. Ross Ice Shelf, which is larger ...