When a chunk of ice breaks off a glacier, that’s called calving. That can happen if the glacier gets warm or some other force makes a piece split off. The end of the glacier – where the iceberg slides ...

For Antarctic veterans and novices alike, the first sighting of an iceberg on an expedition stays “closest to your heart.” By Raymond Zhong Reporting from the icebreaker Araon en route to Antarctica.

The world's biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that's home to millions of penguins and seals. The trillion-ton slab of ice — ...

It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that is currently heading for the island of South Georgia. But climate change ...

Iceberg A-23A first broke away from Antarctica in 1986. That was nearly forty years ago. Now the iceberg is far from where it began, floating in the South Atlantic, darker in places, soaked through ...

Images of the largest iceberg in the world have been snapped by NASA as it drifts toward its doom in warmer waters. The iceberg, named A-23A (sometimes called A23a), just escaped from an ocean current ...

New satellite images of what was once the largest iceberg in the world show warning signs of its imminent demise, revealing extensive pools of aquamarine blue water melting on its surface. NASA’s ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy ...

Thanh-Son Pham receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the northern hemisphere ...