Researchers find never-before-seen ecosystem under Antarctic ice shelf
Scientists have determined that at least six new aquatic species have been thriving under an Antarctic ice shelf.
Earth.com1 天
Iceberg break from Antarctica reveals seafloor full of rare and vibrant ocean creatures
Researchers took advantage of a rare chance to explore a new expanse of seafloor exposed by the breakup of an Antarctic ice ...
The Weather Network on MSN1 天
Giant iceberg breaks from Antarctica, revealing mysterious underwater ecosystems
On January 13, 2025, iceberg A-84, which is roughly the size of Chicago, broke from the George VI Ice Shelf, a giant floating ...
Hidden ocean world under glacier may be centuries old
A previously hidden under-sea ecosystem has been revealed after an iceberg broke away from the George VI Ice Shelf, a massive ...
EurekAlert!1 年
Cadman Glacier (IMAGE)
The Cadman Glacier before and after the collapse of the ice shelf. The image on the left was taken in 2017 and shows the ice shelf. An image taken this month, on the right, shows the loss of the ...
MercoPress4 年
Huge calving at the Arctic ice shelf: the massive chunk is larger than Paris
The 113 sq km block broke off the Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden glacier in Northeast Greenland ... increasing speed on this largest remaining ice shelf,” Jason Box, professor of glaciology at the ...
EurekAlert!5 天
Thriving Antarctic ecosystems found in wake of recently detached iceberg
When an iceberg nearly the size of Chicago broke away in January from a massive floating glacier attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet, an international team of scientists aboard Schmidt Ocean ...
MinnPost1 个月
The draining of Glacial Lake Agassiz
When it reached the edge of that shelf it met much softer rock — shale ... While Glacial River Warren worked its way east, then north, the glacier, far to the north in Canada, continued to ...