The Ross Ice shelf, which is several hundred meters thick and covers an area of about 193,400 square miles, is the largest ice shelf in Antarctica.

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, a part of the Antarctic Ice Sheet that is floating on the ocean, measures several hundred meters thick and sits over 480,000 square kilometers, approximately the size of Spain.

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest chunk of ice on Antarctica, at roughly the size of France. Scientists have known that ice streams have a tendency to lurch at least once a day with the tides, ...

Old Antarctic photos help University of Copenhagen scientists trace ice shelf collapse and predict future sea level rise.

In the autumn of 2021, an international team of researchers from New Zealand's Antarctic Science Platform set off toward the South Pole. Their destination was the Ross Ice Shelf in West Antarctica ...

The potential acceleration and eventual disintegration of the Ross Ice Shelf, leading to its movement into the sea, would have far-reaching consequences for ice coverage throughout the region.

Embark on a once-in-a-lifetime expedition voyage to East Antarctica and the Ross Sea – departing from Christchurch (Timaru) ...

Researchers are seeking insights contained in sediment layered on the seafloor under the Ross Ice Shelf. To access it, they must melt a hole through around 580 meters of ice, ...

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