The biggest ice shelf in Antarctica is slipping — a first-of ... sticking while the rest of it continues to move forward.

These are questions often asked about Larsen C, a huge ice shelf, twice the size of Wales, attached to the eastern edge of the Antarctic Peninsula ... have been present. Sections where there ...

The vast Antarctic Ice Sheet holds more than half of Earth's freshwater. In several places around the continent, the ice ...

the eventual iceberg will be about 190 m thick and contain about 1155 cubic kilometres of ice. Icebergs calve from Antarctica ... sits on the floating section of the shelf. Anna Hogg from the ...

The long-growing crack in the Larsen C ice shelf, one of Antarctica’s largest floating ... The researchers have estimated that the section of ice set to break off could be around 2,000 square ...

A new model developed by Caltech and JPL researchers suggests that Antarctica's ice shelves may be melting at an accelerated rate, which could eventually contribute to more rapid sea level rise.

A23a broke off from the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf near the Antarctic Peninsula in 1986 but became grounded in the Weddel Sea shortly afterward, where it would stay for over three decades.

A big iceberg approaching the size of Greater London has broken away from the Antarctic, close to Britain's Halley research station. Surface instruments on the Brunt Ice Shelf confirmed the split ...

The claim: 'Man' can't advance more than 500 kilometers past Antarctic 'ice wall' A Dec. 13 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a picture of a research vessel positioned near a tall ...

Scientists know that the loss of Antarctic sea ice can diminish penguin numbers, cause ice shelves to melt in warmer waters and impede the Southern Ocean from absorbing carbon dioxide. But this ...

Visitors on Antarctic cruises frequently cross the Scotia Sea, sailing directly over this prehistoric time capsule. When scientists drilled through the Ross Ice Shelf, they expected to find empty ...

American explorer Colin O'Brady became the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided on December 26, when he reached the Ross Ice Shelf. The 33-year-old skied 932 miles across the ...