Scientists researching in Antarctic fear the Ross Ice Shelf, the size of France, could collapse quickly, triggering a dramatic rise in sea levels, according to reports in the New Zealand press.

In contrast, water underneath the Ross Ice Shelf — which acts as a buttress to stabilize the inland ice — remains cold. But will the Ross Ice Shelf melt? And, if so, when? Scientists ...

Part of the world's largest ice shelf is melting 10 times faster than the rest, shedding light on how it might respond to climate change. The study of Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf reveals that one ...

The first team members have embarked on a 1,128 km journey across the Ross Ice Shelf to set up camp on the edge of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The vast West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough ice ...

A team of scientists, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), are travelling on board the RRS James Clark Ross. Sea ice ... all the stops to get us to the ice shelf, but our progress became ...