A giant chunk has broken off the largest iceberg in the world, which may be the first sign of its deterioration. The behemoth ...

After being stuck for a long time, the jumbo iceberg is now drifting in the Southern Ocean. Scientists and satellites are tracking the berg’s movements to see how it might impact the ecosystems ...

Known as A23a, the 1,400-square-mile iceberg had been stuck on the ocean floor near Antarctica for 37 years after splitting in 1986 from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf. But it began to ...

But while it's clear that the ocean has been warming for quite some time, its temperatures over the past two years have been far above the previous decades. That leaves two mysteries for scientists.

Credit: NASA. Most people picture icebergs like big floating boulders in the ocean. Maybe they might be as large as a house. The famous iceberg was big enough to sink the Titanic in 1912. However, ...

In this instance, the obstruction is a 100km-wide bump on the ocean bottom known as Pirie Bank. The vortex sits on top of the bank, and for now A23a is its prisoner. The iceberg covers an area of ...

2024 was the warmest ever measured for the global ocean, following a record-breaking 2023. File Photo by Joe Marino/UPI ...

Satellite images, including recent data captured by NOAA's GOES East satellite on Jan. 22, 2025, are closely monitoring the iceberg's slow journey through the Southern Ocean, where it could soon ...

But while it's clear that the ocean has been warming for quite some time, its temperatures over the past two years have been far above the previous decades. That leaves two mysteries for scientists.