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One of the largest icebergs ever recorded -- measuring about the size of Delaware and containing a volume of ice twice the size of Lake Erie -- has broken free from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in ...
In the frigid waters originally hidden below, scientists discovered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish and other life forms.
A study published in 2015 showed that a reshaped Larsen C Ice Shelf that is missing the Delaware-sized chunk of ice will be much less stable than it has been.
The edge of A-68, the iceberg the calved from the Larsen C ice shelf. Photo by NASA/Nathan Kurtz. This particular flight, however, aimed to get more than just a surficial look at Larsen C; to ...
The edge of A-68, the iceberg the calved from the Larsen C ice shelf. Photo by NASA/Nathan Kurtz. This particular flight, however, aimed to get more than just a surficial look at Larsen C; to ...
Graphic depicts the collapse of the Larsen B ice shelf [Photo by Robert Rohde / CC BY-SA 3.0] Recent collapses include the Prince Gustav ice shelf (from 1989 to 1995), Larsen A ice shelf (1995 ...
Clues to future sea level rise have been revealed by the first detailed maps of the underside of a floating ice shelf in Antarctica. An international research team deployed an unmanned submersible ...
Few observations exist from before the 2002 Larsen B Ice Shelf collapse. We’ve now estimated how many billions of tons of glacier ice were lost – and what it means for the future.
The massive iceberg that broke off the Larsen C Ice Shelf may be a harbinger of a continent-wide collapse that would swamp coastal cities around the world.