The environmental impacts of iceberg A-68 are still being assessed. A new study has calculated that the largest chunk, A-68A, released billions of tonnes of freshwater into the sea near a marine ...

On a January morning in 2025, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke free from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It drifted into the frigid waters of the Bellingshausen Sea, leaving behind a ...

Scientists have for the first time taken in-situ ocean measurements during the collapse of a giant iceberg in the sub-Antarctic. These new observations reveal how ocean ecosystems may be affected ...

A giant iceberg that calved from the Larsen C ice shelf in 2017 is breaking into smaller pieces and menacing the British territory of South Georgia Island.

Giant iceberg menacing South Georgia Island breaks up into smaller pieces The largest iceberg on Earth right now has not been immune to ocean currents, waves and milder ocean temperatures ...

Scientists following A-68's birth and demise were able to track just what such giant icebergs do to the surrounding ocean. For its short, transient life as an iceberg, A-68 became a frozen ...

Scientists monitoring the giant A68a iceberg from space reveal that a huge amount of freshwater was released as it melted around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. An estimated 152 billion ...

The world's biggest iceberg, known A23a, is on a collision course with a tiny island in the South Atlantic, which is home to millions of seals and nearly half the world's population of king penguins.

New AI system can map giant icebergs from satellite images 10,000 times faster than humans. ... As they melt, icebergs release nutrients and freshwater into the seas, ...

AI can map giant icebergs from satellite images 10,000 times faster than humans Scientists have trained an artificial intelligence (AI) system to accurately map - in one-hundredth of a second ...

Icebergs float in the ocean, but are made of frozen freshwater, not saltwater. “Iceberg patrols now use global-positioning system (GPS) technology to help locate icebergs and prevent more ...

Scientists following A-68's birth and demise were able to track just what such giant icebergs do to the surrounding ocean. For its short, transient life as an iceberg, A-68 became a frozen ...