The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is in a vulnerable position, but the situation may be less dire than initially believed. Scientists have been eyeing the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, or WAIS, for some ...

have revealed that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is particularly vulnerable to melting because it rests on bedrock below sea level. Salt lowers the freezing point of water, which makes the ...

Past ice sheets have retreated rapidly, raising global sea level at rates >1 cm per year, with marine ice sheets collapsing and terrestrial ice sheets retreating in a more gradual fashion.