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Icebergs split off from Antarctica quite regularly, though typically they are pretty small. When large ones break away, it is ...
A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving ...
A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...
On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...
Scientists are questioning whether a ‘regime shift’ to a new state of diminished Antarctic sea-ice coverage is underway, due ...
New research has, for the first time, tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the lead-up to three large-scale iceberg "calving" events in Antarctica, ...
Most people will never see Antarctic sea ice up close, but its presence or absence affects our day-to-day lives.Now ...
A Delaware-sized iceberg broke away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf, in a rapidly warming part of Antarctica. Digital Culture Tech Science Life Social Good Entertainment Deals Shopping Games Search ...
World's largest iceberg on the move after dislodging from ocean floor 04:09. The world's biggest iceberg — three time the size of New York City — could drift toward a remote island where a ...
Nearly 400 miles off the coast of Antarctica, the Earth’s largest iceberg — whose sprawling surface covers more than 1,600 square miles — is spinning like a top.
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