Diminished Ross Ice Shelf and West Antarctic Ice Sheet during Last Interglacial warming
Lindsey Davidge
Nature Geoscience, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-01988-1 Dust derived from Antarctic sources measured in an ice core from the Allan Hills spanning the peak of the Last Interglacial suggests that the Ross Sea was probably open at the time, coincident with a reduction in the volume of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.