Heat from El Niño can warm oceans off West Antarctica—and melt floating ice shelves from below

As snow falls on Antarctica, layers build up and turn to ice. Over time, this compressed snow has become a continent-sized glacier, or ice sheet. It’s enormous—almost double the size of Australia and far larger than the continental United States.

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