Past patterns of ice sheet melt reveal worrying clues for future sea level rise Researchers studying the climate of the Last Interglacial have discovered a co-dependent relationship between Antarctic ice sheet melt and ocean warming that reinforces itself. The findings suggest East Antarctica might be even more vulnerable today than scientists previously thought, with a […]

Climate drivers are behind Antarctic melt that caused recent sea level rise A team of researchers has revealed that climate variability—specifically the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Southern Annular Mode—played a significant role in the changes observed in the Antarctic Ice Sheet over the past 20 years. Professor Matt King, Director of the […]

40,000 years of sea ice dynamics unearths future clues A team of researchers has found that a decline in sea ice cover off East Antarctica at the end of the last ice age led to major climate warming and caused the Southern Ocean’s ´control valve´ to open and release carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. […]