Consider this a global warming wakeup call: If completely melted, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough ice to raise sea levels by 5 meters. And at least some of that melting is inevitable, due to the warming Southern Ocean.
Antarctic mission to offer glimpse into our planet’s climate change future
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Core workshop gets underway
03 June 2026
We’ve just opened the best present ever – our first sediment core, retrieved from under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet last season.
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Deepest-ever rock core extracted from under Antarctic ice sheet
18 February 2026
Analyses will help to reveal how far the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated in the past — and what it might do in the future.