A larger shelf means legal access to more of the ocean floor’s riches: animals, hydrocarbons, and, perhaps most important, ...

"Unexpected changes being observed in East Antarctica." Scientists observe concerning 'unexpected changes' in Antarctic ice ...

The world's biggest iceberg is drifting toward a tiny south Atlantic island, potentially affecting the wildlife there, ...

Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting ...

Measuring roughly 1,350 square miles (3,500 square kilometers) across, A23a is the world's largest and oldest iceberg ...

However, in the summer, warmer water comes up onto the continental shelf from the open ocean and travels toward the ice shelf through a channel called the Filchner Trough, according to the study.

President-elect Donald Trump said that when he takes office he will "immediately" reverse President Joe Biden's recent ...

The colossal A23a iceberg has travelled more than 3,000km since it broke off from its Antarctican ice shelf. In what sounds like a potential plotline for Speed 3, one of the world’s biggest icebergs ...

The order withdraws the entire shelf for new or renewed offshore wind ... been connected with increased bird deaths, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said there is no ...