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Ross ice shelf in Antarctica is freezing
and not melting from below as expected
- and scientists have no idea why


Daily Mail [UK], by Tim Collins

The under-side of one of the largest floating ice shelves in the southern oceans is not melting as expected, according to experts. Scientists drilling along the western coast of Antarctica found that the Ross Ice Shelf is actually freezing - but they have no idea why. (Snip) Researchers from New Zealand used a hot water drill to dig deep into the floating ice shelf, roughly the size of Spain and around half a mile thick (1km). Experts then lowered a camera into the hole they had melted, using a thermometer and other instruments to study the ice shelf´s history. Rather than finding the

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