B ordering the southern Weddell Sea, the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS) is Antarctica’s largest ice shelf after the Ross Ice Shelf. Its cold, dense, and salty waters gush upstream into the ...

The accidental discovery of strange life forms on a boulder beneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic has confounded scientists. Researchers were drilling through 900 meters of ice in the Filchner ...

Jan. 13, 2022 — Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, a research team has found the world's largest fish breeding area known to date.

"Warm" water is flowing toward one of Antarctica's biggest ice shelves, which, if it melted, could dramatically raise sea levels. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS) extends over the Weddell Sea ...

James Smith and Paul Anker at the British Antarctic Survey drilled through the 900-metre-thick Filchner-Ronne ice shelf and dropped a camera … Close. Advertisement. Skip to content.

Warm water at the Filchner Ice Shelf front. Two oceanographic moorings, M NORTH and M SOUTH, ran from January 2013–2014 on the eastern flank of the FD at 77°S (500 m depth) and 78°S (700 m ...

By the end of the 21st century, the researchers found, the melting of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf will go from today's average rate of 0.7 feet (0.2 meters) of ice loss per year to 13 feet (4 m ...

In a discovery touted as a "fortunate accident," scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) stumbled upon marine life under the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf. According to a BAS press release, ...

The iceberg known as A23a split from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. The iceberg is about three times the size of New York City and more than twice the size of Greater London.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica. | Credit: Data courtesy of Landsat 8 satellite ...