Unusually Warm Water Detected Creeping Toward Antarctica – and Scientists Are Alarmed

Scientists found warm circumpolar deep water shifting closer to Antarctica over the past two decades.

The study combined 40 years of ship data, Argo floats, and machine learning to track the change.

This warmer deep water could melt ice shelves from below, weakening glaciers and ice sheets.

The result may raise the risk of faster sea-level rise and wider climate impacts.