The Ross Ice Shelf is roughly the size of Spain and acts as a giant brake on Antarctic glaciers, but scientists monitoring beneath its hundreds of meters of floating ice have found warm summer water can nearly triple melting in vulnerable areas hidden from view

1.0ECOticias.comhttps://www.ecoticias.com/enAdrian Villellashttps://www.ecoticias.com/en/author/adrian-villellas/The Ross Ice Shelf is roughly the size of Spain and acts as a giant brake on Antarctic glaciers, but scientists monitoring beneath its hundreds of meters of floating ice have found warm summer water can nearly triple melting in vulnerable areas hidden from viewrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HDGq7XhF4H"><a href="https://www.ecoticias.com/en/ross-ice-shelf-warm-water-melting/37090/">The Ross Ice Shelf is roughly the size of Spain and acts as a giant brake on Antarctic glaciers, but scientists monitoring beneath its hundreds of meters of floating ice have found warm summer water can nearly triple melting in vulnerable areas hidden from view</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ecoticias.com/en/ross-ice-shelf-warm-water-melting/37090/embed/#?secret=HDGq7XhF4H" width="600" height="338" title="“The Ross Ice Shelf is roughly the size of Spain and acts as a giant brake on Antarctic glaciers, but scientists monitoring beneath its hundreds of meters of floating ice have found warm summer water can nearly triple melting in vulnerable areas hidden from view” — ECOticias.com" data-secret="HDGq7XhF4H" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ross-ice-shelf-seen-from-orbit-768x432.jpg600338