Antarctica

Antarctic iceberg crack develops fork

Posted in Science on 3rd May, 2017
by Alex Muller

The crack in the Larsen C Ice Shelf that looks set to spawn a giant berg has suddenly forked.

Poor outlook for biodiversity in Antarctica

Posted in Science on 1st Apr, 2017
by Alex Muller

The popular view that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are in a much better environmental shape than the rest of the world has been brought into question in a new study.

Huge Antarctic iceberg poised to break away

Posted in Science on 6th Jan, 2017
by Alex Muller

An iceberg expected to be one of the 10 largest ever recorded is ready to break away from Antarctica, scientists say.

Ice loss spreads up Antarctic glaciers

Posted in Science on 13th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller

The scale and pace of change now taking place in West Antarctica is captured in a new, long-term satellite record.

Massive Antarctica ice sheet is cracking due to warming oceans

Posted in Science on 29th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

Antarctic ice could be much more susceptible to breaking up than it seems on the surface, and that separation may be happening faster than researchers expected.