However, climate models predict that shifting ocean currents may bring warmer water to the continental shelf in the future. To gain a clearer picture of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf's future ...

It sails down Ronne Entrance (the bay that abuts the southern end of the ice shelf) past Smyley Island and then appears to head in a northwesterly direction towards the Southern Ocean.

These tools recorded the water temperature and velocity, which provided significant information on how ocean currents interacted with the ice shelf. Previous research identified a repeated ...

Credit: nasa/John Sonntag The breakup of the massive Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica is getting closer and will eventually produce an iceberg the size of Delaware prowling the Southern Ocean ...