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

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

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 ...

Arecent study conducted by University of Florida geologists and geographers has shed new light on the effects of climate change on Antarctic ice shelves. It found that while there has been broad ice ...

The world's biggest iceberg, more than twice the size of London, could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it risks disrupting feeding for baby penguins and seals.The gigantic wall ...

A, the world’s oldest and largest (about the size of Rhode Island), may hit South Georgia Island, home to vulnerable penguins and seabirds.

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 ...

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 ...

"Long considered more stable than the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, this event added ... As the coastal shelves break apart, they allow more ocean water and more heat to reach the central continental ...