We studied how the Antarctic ice sheet advanced and retreated over 10,000 years. It holds warnings for the future
- Written by: Richard Selwyn Jones, Research Fellow, Monash University
Richard Selwyn Jones, Author providedAlarming stories from Antarctica are now more frequent than ever; the ice surface is melting, floating ice shelves are collapsing and glaciers are flowing faster into the ocean.
Antarctica will be the largest source of future sea-level rise. Yet scientists don’t know exactly how this melting will unfold as...