The floating part of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier released a new, 185-square-kilometer iceberg.
Land Water Snow and Ice Sea and Lake Ice
The 185-square-kilometer hunk of ice is afloat in the Amundsen Sea, off the coast of West Antarctica.
Image of the Day Water Snow and Ice Sea and Lake Ice
Landsat 8 captures a view of the ice separating from the ice shelf.
Image of the Day Snow and Ice Sea and Lake Ice
After an 18-year voyage, a fragment of the largest iceberg ever recorded has drifted into dangerously warm territory.
Image of the Day Water Snow and Ice
Over the course of five months in Antarctic spring and summer, NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites captured a series of images of ice island B31.
Thermal infrared imagery spots the cracks and a new ice island through the dark of the Antarctic winter night.
Thermal infrared imagery shows the ice island—which calved off of Pine Island Glacier—after winter darkness has set in.
Water Snow and Ice Sea and Lake Ice
Pine Island Glacier has shed another block of ice into Antarctic waters.
In a routine survey of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier, NASA scientists discovered a large crack in the ice which will soon lead to the birth of a new giant iceberg.
Thermal imagery shows the relative warmth between the new iceberg and the Larsen C ice shelf.
Water Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
Calving that used to happen about every six years has become a near-annual event.
Image of the Day Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
In early 2015, a new berg broke free from the Getz Ice Shelf.