Chicago-Sized Iceberg Hid Ancient Ecosystem, Scientists Reveal
With the icebergs covering the seafloor, organisms below the shelf cannot get nutrients for survival from the surface. The ...
Scientists were in Antarctica when a giant iceberg broke free. Here’s what they found in its shadow
A “serendipitous” discovery offers new insights into how ecosystems can thrive beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ice ...
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A Chicago-Sized Iceberg Broke Off From Antarctica, Revealing a Hidden Ecosystem Never Seen Before
When the A-84 iceberg calved in January, it unveiled a 209-square-mile swath of seafloor. Nearby scientists rushed to the ...
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Stunning Antarctic Sea Creatures Discovered after Iceberg Breaks Away
A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...
World's largest iceberg bigger than London could now cause disaster for penguins
Several million penguins live in the area along with several species of albatross, elephant seals and fur seals, all of which ...
Thriving Antarctic ecosystems found in wake of recently detached iceberg
An international team on board Schmidt Ocean Institute's R/V Falkor (too) working in the Bellingshausen Sea rapidly pivoted ...
Mapped: World's Largest Iceberg Runs Aground Off South Georgia
The world's largest iceberg has run aground and may soon start breaking up, scientists at the British Antarctic Survey said. A23a, as the iceberg is known, appears to have come to a standstill near ...
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Bigger than London and five times the weight of Mt Everest: The impact of the world's biggest iceberg
The iceberg A23a did not exactly smack into the remote wildlife-rich island of South Georgia. It was bearing down on the small British overseas territory at a glacial 1km per hour. But given this ...
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World’s biggest iceberg, twice the size of London, runs aground
The world’s biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometres from a remote Antarctic island. The world’s biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometres from a ...
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World's largest iceberg which is twice the size of Greater London runs aground off remote British island
The world’s largest and oldest iceberg, which is twice the size of Greater London, has run aground near the island of South Georgia. The nearly one-trillion-tonne block of ice, known as A23a ...
Bigger than London and five times the weight of Mt Everest: The impact of the world's biggest iceberg
The iceberg A23a did not exactly smack into the remote wildlife-rich island of South Georgia. The effect of a trillion tonnes ...