• Water on Antarctic Ice Shelves a Wider, Older Phenomenon Than Thought

    Scientists find meltwater movement has been happening for decades, not always a ‘death to ice shelves’

    Networks of lakes and streams formed from melted ice are more common in Antarctica than previously believed, implying that current models to understand how quickly the continent’s ice might melt and raise sea levels are too simple, scientists have found.

    Looking at several decades’ worth of satellite imagery and aerial photography of the whole continent, researchers saw widespread lakes and streams on the continent’s ice shelves for the first time, as well as a meltwater river system and waterfall. They described the findings...

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