"Unexpected changes being observed in East Antarctica." Scientists observe concerning 'unexpected changes' in Antarctic ice ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

The Conger Shelf, a 460-square-kilometers mass of ice has disintegrated in East Antarctica, it was reported over the weekend. It was the first to break up in four decades of satellite observations.

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

Calving, when chunks of ice break off from ice shelves to form ... more numerous small calving events have dominated Antarctic ice shelf loss over the last half century. This study was published ...

The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote British island, potentially putting penguins and seals in ...

Or it could strike the sloping bottom and get stuck for months or break up into pieces ... In January 2023, a massive piece of Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf — a chunk about the size of two ...

The world's biggest iceberg is drifting toward a tiny south Atlantic island, potentially affecting the wildlife there, including seals and penguins.

The world's largest iceberg is on the move, and could be set to reach a remote British island. Known as the 'queen of icebergs', it's spinning northwards from Antarctica towards South Georgia, a ...

The iceberg’s journey began nearly four decades ago, when natural processes caused it to break off West Antarctica’s Filchner-Ronne ice shelf. Its newfound freedom didn’t last, however ...