Troubling new research shows warm waters rushing towards the world's biggest ice sheet in Antarctica
- Written by: Laura Herraiz Borreguero, Physical oceanographer, CSIRO
Shutterstock Warmer waters are flowing towards the East Antarctic ice sheet, according to our alarming new research which reveals a potential new driver of global sea-level rise.
The research, published today in Nature Climate Change, shows changing water circulation in the Southern Ocean may be compromising the stability of the East Antarctic ice...