245K views · 93 reactions | The icy waters around Antarctica are the coldest in the world. But the bad news for the marine creatures here is that if the sea gets warmer, there is nowhere they can go. bbc.in/2TCRdWt | BBC Science News | Facebook

Imagine this — Antarctica, the one place on Earth that’s supposed to be untouchable. The sky is a perfect blue, the sun glaring off miles of endless white, and for a moment, everything feels still. Scientists move between buildings, radios crackle, and the hum of generators echoes across the snow. Then, a sound breaks through — deep, heavy, and impossible. The horizon, once flat and calm, begins to rise. It doesn’t make sense at first — the ocean climbing the ice. But it’s real. A wall of water,