WASHINGTON — An iceberg 47 miles long and 4.6 miles across has broken off the Ross ... section of Antarctica since 1976, when record keeping began. The iceberg, floating close to the ice shelf ...

With repeated orbits and repeated measurements, the satellite can build a record of changes in the thickness of the ice over time. This creates a big-picture view ... section of the Ross Ice Shelf ...

That large section then "lurches forward against the Ross Ice Shelf," according to the outlet. The SciTechDaily story called the study "significant" because of the Ross Ice Shelf's size.

Then, once or twice per day, the large section lurches forward against the Ross Ice Shelf. It can move as much as 16 inches (40cm) in a few minutes, but if a human was there they would not be able ...

An ancient divide in the rocks beneath East and West Antarctica is controlling the flow of water under the Ross Ice Shelf and the rates ... where warm flows cross the shallow waters resulting ...

In November, scientists from New Zealand used a hot water drill to go deep into Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf. The shelf, which can be up to 10,000 feet thick, is the largest of several that hold ...

Researchers at Colorado State University, US discovered that the winds whipping across the massive snow dunes on Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf caused the ice sheet’s snow covering to rumble ...

Scientists researching in Antarctic fear the Ross Ice Shelf, the size of France, could collapse quickly, triggering a dramatic rise in sea levels, according to reports in the New Zealand press.

The scale of Antarctica is startling. Miles of ice stretch to the horizon, growing thicker as you move toward the South Pole. This line represents 20 miles. ROSS SEA Cape Crozier Cape Tennyson ...

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest chunk of ice on Antarctica, at roughly the size of France. Scientists have known that ice streams have a tendency to lurch at least once a day with the tides, but ...

Seafloor sediments from beneath the Ross Ice Shelf represent an archive of warmer periods in Earth’s past. An ambitious international project aims to uncover what we can learn about our hotter ...