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Ocean explorers delve beneath the ice

To predict how much climate change will raise sea level, researchers are studying ice shelves — where vast expanses of ice meet the ocean.
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The Ross Ice Shelf

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest of Antarctica’s roughly 300 ice shelves. Credit: Ben Cranke/Getty

Every two hours, Craig Stevens gets a text message from Antarctica.

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Nature 575, S2-S5 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03464-w

This article is part of Nature Outlook: Physical oceanography, an editorially independent supplement produced with the financial support of third parties. About this content.

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