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Gigantic iceberg breaks off George VI Ice Shelf, exposing century-old underwater ecosystem with Antarctic sponges and corals.
Icebergs as large as cities, potentially tens of kilometres wide, once roved the coasts of the UK, according to scientists.
An overlooked Antarctic water system could raise sea levels by more than 2 meters by 2300, computer simulations show.
A new study found parts of Antartica could pass a tipping point for mass ice sheet losses as soon as 2050 – pushing sea levels 2 metres higher by 2300 than currently predicted.
Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.
If it does, it will potentially draw much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet with it ... of Antarctica and forms a 800-foot-thick floating ice shelf on the Amundsen Sea. Tyler and Kratt use cutting ...
Preserved in the sediments buried beneath the present-day seafloor, these plough-marks date back to the last ice age - a ...
A new study reveals there was a time when massive icebergs, like the ones we see in Antarctica today, were drifting less than ...
Giant icebergs once scraped the seafloor near Britain, offering clues about ancient ice shelves and future sea-level rise.
Deep grooves on the ocean floor show where icebergs scraped across. Research suggests that their size would be similar to ...
The underbelly of massive "tabular" icebergs that dragged across the North Sea seabed between 18,000 and 20,000 years ago ...