A big chunk of ice has broken away from the Arctic's largest remaining ice shelf - 79N, or Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden - in north-east Greenland. The ejected section covers about 110 square km ...
The Planet Earth-observation company has just released new imagery of the broken Milne Ice Shelf in the Arctic. Located on the northern margin of Canada's Ellesmere Island, the ice platform split ...
The rift in the Larsen C Ice Shelf shortly before calving of giant iceberg. Photo: Rosey Grant @ BAS A new study by scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has used computer modeling to ...
An Antarctic ice shelf larger than New York City — in an area previously thought to be stable — has collapsed. The shelf is relatively small, at 460 square miles, but its unexpected ...
The ice shelf holding together one of Antarctica's largest glaciers is breaking apart rapidly as scientists worry it could shorten the timeline for its eventual collapse into the sea. Satellite ...
phytoplankton may stunt their own proliferation when they slow ice shelf melting. As Antarctic waters lose their sea ice cover, larger areas of the sea surface will be exposed to sunlight.