A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving ...

Stanford researchers have integrated machine learning with high-resolution satellite and aerial observations to analyze the ...

Rift in the Larsen C Ice Shelf as seen from a NASA aircraft on Nov. 10, 2016. Credit: nasa/John Sonntag The breakup of the massive Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica is getting closer and will ...

Satellite images taken at the beginning of March show the iceberg parked on a shallow underwater shelf off the coast of South ...

As the planet warms, Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe. Antarctica holds ...

A massive iceberg, nearly the size of Chicago, has broken away from the George VI Ice Shelf and embarked on a wild journey ...

Sea ice cover in both the Antarctic and Arctic remained far below average throughout February as global average temperatures ...

Rifts have developed in the narrow “ice bridge,” which is the last link between the shelf and the Antarctic Peninsula, reported the European Space Agency (ESA), quoting scientists Angelika ...

NASA has long employed satellites to monitor weather and climate from space; from 2003 to 2010 ... “We did a wealth of imagery of the Larsen C ice shelf as we obtained the first closeup images ...

Since 2000, researchers have recorded ice shelves losing about 6,000 gigatons of their mass, he said. One gigaton is equal to 1 billion metric tons, or 2.2 trillion pounds. "This loss of ice shelf ...

They formulated the new theory after Australian researchers discovered large amounts of iron in East Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf. Watch a video of the new findings here. Iron is a key nutrient ...