Unique shape: an iceberg near Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean. (Courtesy: Andrew Shiva/CC BY-SA 4.0) New experiments with ice blocks have revealed that icebergs melt faster on their sides. The ...
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 ...
On a special episode (first released on February 12, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Icebergs are bellwethers of environmental changes. Their formation, movement and melting offer insights into some of ...
Above: Icebergs and ice float in the Ilulissat Icefjord on August 04, 2019, near Ilulissat, Greenland. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Icebergs—the huge chunks of ice that peek above the surface of the ...
Icebergs are often found in the world’s most remote, coldest and dangerous seas. But each spring, a unique geological phenomenon brings hundreds of Icebergs into the communities along Newfoundland’s ...