Following the calving of the A-81 iceberg at the end of January 2023, the Brunt Ice Shelf is moving faster than before. It is currently moving approximately 4 meters a day towards the sea ...

With six Halley research stations on the Brunt Ice Shelf since 1956 – the calving event, although unexpected time-wise, has long been anticipated. GPS instruments surrounding the station take ...

A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving process' was captured by satellites. Credit; ESA - European Space Agency ...

Taken together, thinning and calving have reduced the mass of Antarctica’s ice shelves by 12 trillion tons since 1997, double the previous estimate, the analysis concluded. The net loss of the ...

But Oliver Marsh, a British Antarctic Survey glaciologist who has spent four seasons working on the Brunt Ice Shelf, said none of these factors appear to have caused the break. "Calving of these ...

Researchers witness gigantic iceberg A-84 breaking away from George VI, revealing an unknown ecosystem and giant phantom ...

The melting of the ice shelf does not affect global sea levels directly, since the ice was already floating, like an ice cube in a glass, before the calving event. However, when ice shelves like ...

Our work shows the drop in ice shelf area has led to more ice flowing into the sea since 2007, as calving has weakened ice shelves and allowed some of the world’s largest glaciers to accelerate.

The nearby Larsen B Ice Shelf made worldwide headlines in 2002 when it broke up after a similar process of rift-induced iceberg calving. The Larsen B event was featured in the opening scenes of ...

The graphic shows the water temperatures around the Antarctic. On the western side of Antarctica, water temperature at the sea floor is approaching 2 degrees C – and that is warm enough to melt ...

Incredible new images show the birth of a massive iceberg in the Antarctic that's about the size of the Isle of Wight. The enormous floating berg, called A83, has a total area of 146 sq miles ...