Medicine & TechnologyThe colossal iceberg A23a, the world's largest, has broken free after 30 years, drifting from the Southern Ocean due to wind and currents. Read the article to learn more details.
Japanese scientists have found a way of studying the ocean conditions in continental shelf areas that are otherwise unreachable via boat by attaching cameras on eight Weddell seals.
Satellite images recently revealed that a glacier that sits on an ice shelf is susceptible to failure because of a newly-discovered fissure on its surface and a crack across the entire shelf.
Scientists recently took a closer look at what is causing the ice shelves of Antarctica to break into huge chunks aside from the evident climate change factor.
Despite Antarctica's hostile environment, researchers found the first stationary living organism in an Antarctic ice shelf far from light or warmth, adding to its mystery.
Scientists reported that a large chunk of the ice shelf has broken off from Canada's last ice shelf reducing it by more than half. After the split, it created a Manhattan-sied iceberg.
The ice crack of Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica is on the edge to create the biggest iceberg. It is very close to calve off and create one of the biggest ever recorded icebergs.
The crack in Antarctica’s Larsen-C ice shelf continually grows at an alarming rate. Scientists foresee that it will the biggest in the history to be recorded.