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You might not have heard about the A23A before, but it holds the figurative Guinness record as the largest iceberg on Earth.
Most of Earth's fresh water is locked in the ice that covers Antarctica. As the ocean and atmosphere grow warmer, that ice is ...
The iceberg, known as A23a, has been on a journey following the current into warmer waters for months. Now, it has begun the ...
A research submarine operating under the Antarctic ice has mysteriously disappeared after detecting what it described as ...
They could have missed it — a black-and-white aerial image taken back in 1966. The photographer is imagined to have been a member of the U.S. Navy who was likely mapping the Antarctic landscape. But, ...
ANTARCTICA -- An iceberg nearly the size of Greater London broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on Sunday according to the British Antarctic Survey. Scientists first discovered significant ...
Antarctic ice is melting. But exactly which forces are causing it to melt and how melting will influence sea level rise are ...
An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change, concerned scientists said Friday. The collapse, captured ...
The Ross Ice Shelf appears to be melting in previously unknown ways. This is an Inside Science story. Most of the worry over melting ice in Antarctica has focused on the rapidly melting western shore, ...