Source: NZ Herald
It reads like a Hollywood plot – a team crossing crevasse-riddled sea ice to drill 500m for geological evidence that could reveal when the West Antarctic Ice Sheet might collapse, driving sea-level rise and impacting millions worldwide.
A major international research mission is heading into its third and most ambitious season, as scientists attempt to uncover how 2°C of warming could transform sea levels.
If the Ross Ice Shelf detaches from the seabed, so much ice will tumble off Antarctica into the ocean sea levels could rise five metres.