It may be too late to prevent significant melting on West Antarctic ice shelf that includes 'Doomsday Glacier': Study
Melting in West Antarctica, a region which includes the "Doomsday Glacier," could be "unavoidable" in the future due to warming oceans, scientists say. Melting in West Antarctica, a region which includes the "Doomsday Glacier" that threatens the globe with severe sea level rise, could be inevitable in the future due to warming oceans, scientists say. Loss of ice in West Antarctica has been prevalent this year. In February, Antarctica sea ice reached a record low. In October, the ozone hole over Antarctica grew to one of the largest on record. MORE: Ozone hole over Antarctica grows to one of the largest on record, scientists say Future increases in ice-shelf melting in the West Antarctic could be "unavoidable" due to rapid ocean warming, according to models published Monday in Nature Climate Change. Antarctic researchers set out to determine how much melting could still be prevent ed by controlling greenhouse gas emissions, and how much melting ...