Scientists have identified a new method of ice calving called slumping, and it definitely is cause for alarm. This research, published in Geology and supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation ...

Following the calving of the A-81 iceberg at the end of January 2023, the Brunt Ice Shelf is moving faster than before. It is currently moving approximately 4 meters a day towards the sea, whereas ...

Ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier. It is a form of ice ablation or ice disruption. It is the sudden release and ...

Between January 2022 and March 2023, Hektoria Glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula lost roughly 25 kilometers of grounded ice, ...

Glaciers that drain ice sheets such as Antarctica or Greenland often flow into the ocean, ending in near-vertical cliffs. As the glacier flows into the sea, chunks of the ice break off in calving ...

PERITO MORENO GLACIER, Argentina (Reuters) -The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 meters (230 ft) tall - ...

Amid the chilling silence of some of the coldest places on Earth, nature makes itself heard. A colossal iceberg breaks into pieces with incredible force before crashing into the waters below with a ...

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego are eavesdropping on an Arctic glacier in the name of science. In a new study, Scripps polar scientists ...