After being stuck for the second time in nearly four decades, the planet’s current-largest iceberg (A-23A) again floats free. Initially stuck in the Weddell Sea for decades, Iceberg A-23A was ...
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.
At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, engineers are developing robots that can spend months gathering data beneath the massive ice shelves of the Antarctic.