In the frigid waters originally hidden below, scientists discovered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish and other life forms.

Now, for the first time in the field ... thousands of meltwater lakes littered the ice shelf's surface, which then drained over just a few weeks. To investigate the impacts of surface meltwater ...

That large section then "lurches forward against the ... but had not discovered that the whole Ross Ice Shelf also moves until now." The slips start with a huge portion of the stream — over ...

A lucky group of scientists were able to explore a never-before-seen part of the Antarctic after an ice shelf broke ... Esquete said that researchers are now studying how the ecosystem has ...

In January 2025, A-84 an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from a massive floating glacier attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet. Now ... flow from the ice shelf, known as the ...

“Now we know that under ice shelves, at least in the first 15 kilometers from the front”––the newly exposed area the new expedition’s researchers were able to explore after the iceberg ...

When the crew aboard an ocean science expedition learned that an iceberg the size of Chicago had broken off from an Antarctic ice shelf, they knew they had to stop what they were doing immediately ...

On January 13, 2025, iceberg A-84, which is roughly the size of Chicago, broke from the George VI Ice Shelf, a giant floating ... But as of now, the precise way the ecosystems sustain themselves ...

A rift is extending farther across the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica, threatening to set in motion the collapse of the entire shelf. A large rift is widening across an increasingly fragile ...

Ice defines the white continent and its surrounding ocean – only 2% of Antarctica is free of it, with ninety percent of the world’s entire stock of ice locked up on the frozen continent.

Scientists spot mesmerizing creatures after iceberg snaps off ice shelf ...

A lucky group of scientists were able to explore a never-before-seen part of the Antarctic after an ice shelf broke ... Esquete said that researchers are now studying how the ecosystem has ...