Some of it appears to be caused by cyclical factors, and could be fueled by phenomena such as the interactions between the Amundsen Sea Low and Southern Annular Mode. Yet the planet's ongoing ...

Scientists are studying the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to understand its response to warming and predict future sea-level rise.

By spring, however, the dynamics of ice loss in the Amundsen Sea cause the ice to shift northward toward the tropics, increasing melting. Meanwhile, the new record low for sea ice was recorded at ...

Amundsen Sea, off the coast of West Antarctica, will warm roughly three times faster than the historical rate through the rest of this century, the study finds. This will lead to much more rapid ...

Ice loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Amundsen Sea is one of the fastest growing and most concerning contributions to global sea-level rise. If the West Antarctic Ice Sheet were to ...