Ross Ice Shelf
The fate of the West Antarctic ice sheet in a warming world
How fast – and how completely – could Antarctica's smaller western ice sheet melt in a warming world? An international science team, led by Aotearoa New Zealand, set out to investigate whether two… Audio
Our Changing World – How much more heat can West Antarctica take?
An ambitious ice coring expedition to the Ross Ice Shelf aims to figure out the possible futures of West Antarctica's ice. Veronika Meduna joins the team on the ice. Audio
Why has this river of Antarctic ice stalled?
How do you drill through 600m of thick Antarctic ice? Using hot water, of course. In this episode from the 2020 series Voices from Antarctica, Alison Ballance joins researchers hoping to solve the… Audio
Our Changing World – Ice in hot water
Out on the expanse of ice that is the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, Alison Ballance finds hot water. What will become of all this ice in a warming world?
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Voices from Antarctica 7: What the ice is saying
Researchers are using hot water to drill through the Ross ice shelf, to discover what has happened to Antarctic ice during previous periods of warm climates. Audio
Part of massive ice shelf melting ten times faster than the rest
A part of the world's largest ice shelf - Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica - is melting ten times faster than the rest of it, and water heated by the sun is responsible, a study shows. Audio
NZ scientists on a mission to understand Antarctic ice shelf
Scientists are to drill through the Ross ice shelf to find out what is causing it to melt. Is the water beneath the ice shelf warming? Audio
Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise
New research confirms that Antarctica will contribute sigificantly to future sea level rise unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed from 2020 onwards. Audio
Antarctic Anniversary - Phillipa Ross
February 2016 will mark the 175th anniversary of the discovery of the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf. Preparations to mark the discovery are already underway. Philippa Ross, the… Audio