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Deep-Ocean Heat Is Creeping Up on Antarctica, Study Reveals

A decades-long study has confirmed that deep ocean water near Antarctica is growing warmer—warm enough to melt the South Pole's ice shelves.…

For The Past 20 Years Antarctica's Deep Ocean Has Been Heating Up, Scientists Reveal

New data confirms what climate experts have long worried about: a warm mass of deep polar water has expanded toward Antarctica.…

Deep-ocean heat has been marching closer to Antarctica, reveals long-term study

A new decades-long study of oceanographic data provides the first evidence that deep-ocean heat has moved closer to Antarctica, threatening the fragile ice shelves that fringe the continent.…

Antarctica's ice shelves are vulnerable to melting from below—knowing how far ocean heat reaches is crucial