Scientists have determined that at least six new aquatic species have been thriving under an Antarctic ice shelf.

There's a giant crack in Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf that's growing at an alarming rate. Now, scientists think they have the answer, and it points to a much bigger problem. Before 2014 ...

For now, the Ross Ice Shelf shows no signs of cracking up—but one or two daily lurches is to be expected.

An curved arrow pointing right. A 30-mile long crack in the Nansen Ice Shelf could break off a block of ice twice the size of Manhattan at any moment. Produced by Jacqui Frank. Original reporting ...

Experts say a 'rift' – a crack or fracture – was evident on the George VI Ice Shelf in late 2024, but the future berg was still hemmed in by sea ice at the Ronne Entrance. By January 2025 ...

The Great Crack-Up By JEFFREY KLUGER Photographs by ... calved off of the Larsen C ice shelf in western Antarctica. The damage to the ice is being done not just from above, as the planet’s ...