An iceberg the size of Chicago broke off the Antarctic Peninsula earlier this year, revealing a previously hidden ecosystem ...
With the icebergs covering the seafloor, organisms below the shelf cannot get nutrients for survival from the surface. The ...
Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of South Georgia Island, a common rendezvous spot for big bergs, new ...
Almost 90 percent of the iceberg is under water, which makes shipping and underwater exploration very hazardous (thus the expression "that's only the tip of the iceberg"). The day before students ...
A “serendipitous” discovery offers new insights into how ecosystems can thrive beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ice ...
While some ice melts into the ocean, a lot breaks off into icebergs, which range in size from small chunks up to the size of a country. A team on board the British Antarctic Survey (BAS ...
Satellite images taken at the beginning of March show the iceberg parked on a shallow underwater shelf off the coast of South Georgia Island, which is a British overseas territory in the South ...