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A23a has run aground in the Southern Ocean after years adrift. But could it continue on its collision course in the future?
On January 13, when an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from Antarctica’s immense George VI Ice Shelf, scientists in a nearby research vessel did something nobody had ever done.
Newly released satellite footage shows the world’s largest iceberg running aground near a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean last month.   The timelapse video, published by Colorado State ...
CNBC’s senior economics reporter Steve Liesman said that President Trump’s new sweeping tariffs are equal to steering the Titanic “toward the iceberg.” “And I guess another way to think ...
The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...
A massive iceberg broke off from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica in January, giving researchers a rare opportunity to observe a part of the planet never before seen by humans. Coincidentally ...
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Bangkok (VNA) – A Thai environmental expert has warned that the country’s coastline faces a risk of disappearance within 25 years as the world’s largest iceberg, A23a, melts rapidly due to ...
Little is known about life underneath Antarctica. On January 13, 2025, iceberg A-84, which is roughly the size of Chicago, broke from the George VI Ice Shelf, a giant floating glacier attached to ...
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With the icebergs covering the seafloor, organisms below the shelf cannot get nutrients for survival from the surface. The ...
Researchers were working off the coast of Antarctica when it happened: A gigantic iceberg about 19 miles longcracked off the ice sheet on Jan. 13, revealing a swath of ocean that had not seen ...