Oceanographer Jennifer Verduin just returned from Antarctica with a powerful message — climate change is no longer a distant ...

West Antarctica ... which makes it heavy. Melt water is fresh and therefore relatively light. As the glacier melts, the fresh water therefore tends to flow upwards, drawing up the heavier warmer ...

The West Antarctic ice shelf is the part of Antarctica that is melting most rapidly in response to climate change. It contains enough water to raise global sea levels by about 10 feet. Scientists ...