It’s the kind of event that when it happens, you leave whatever you’re doing,” said Patricia Esquete, the expedition’s chief scientist.

A gigantic iceberg cracked off Antarctica on Jan. 13, revealing a swath of ocean that had not seen daylight in decades. Researchers decided to search the seafloor under the freshly exposed ocean. What ...

Flying over the massive iceberg, it's indistinguishable from the horizon. But as it melts, chunks of ice risk floating ...

But the melting iceberg may also bring positive changes to the environment, Meijers added, by dispensing huge amounts of ...

Science With an area of approximately 3200 km² (1235 square miles), the giant iceberg A-23A embarked on an epic journey ...

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

As the iceberg melts, its released elements can alter the physics and chemistry of the ocean, propelling particles from the ocean’s surface to its bottom and thereby locking some of the planet’s ...

"The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet, so the question we’re trying to ask here is: Is the Arctic ...

A, after years of drifting, now appears stuck near South Georgia Island. Once lodged in the Southern Weddell Sea for decades, ...

Wave erosion proved to be the dominant factor in iceberg melting, accounting for the majority of ice loss as warm waves constantly battered the icebergs’ sides. The simulation showed wave ...

That provides crucial information about the effect of melting icebergs on the oceans, and its consequences for the future. In the process, they have also found an explanation for the mysterious ...