The study lists causal factors for Larsen C ice shelf melt, the effects of which are influenced by human CO2 emissions and resulting global climate change, according to the study author.

Slightly smaller than Rhode Island, A23a originally split from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986 and then remained grounded on the seabed in the Weddell Sea for over 30 years, according to ...

Did you know the biggest iceberg in the world is cruising through the ocean right now? It’s called A23a, and it first broke off the Filchner Ice Shelf way back in 1986! For decades, it was just ...

Shelf ice can be pretty, but exploring it could cost you your life.

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame?

Two papers published in Nature Geoscience in June indicate that Antarctic ice shelves are melting more rapidly than previously anticipated. The papers detail two distinct mechanisms for melting ...

Ran’s under-ice missions mapped the shelf’s underside, cluing the researchers into the subglacial currents and the nature of the ice shelf’s rapid melt.

Slush—water-soaked snow—makes up more than half of all meltwater on the Antarctic ice shelves during the height of summer, yet is poorly accounted for in regional climate models.

Roughly the size of Spain, the Ross Ice Shelf stabilizes major glaciers along Antarctica’s coast — and is at risk of retreating, a new study finds.