This approximately true-color image shows ice fragments left over from previous breakups of the Wilkins Ice Shelf.
Published Apr 19, 2009
Researchers working in Antarctica have found evidence of large-scale ice making at the bottom of that continent's massive ice sheets.
Published Apr 21, 2011
When this closely watched slab of floating ice births a giant iceberg, it will not be the first time it has seen dramatic change.
Published Feb 7, 2017Image of the Day Heat Land Water Snow and Ice Sea and Lake Ice
Ice shelves are thick slabs of ice that are attached to coastlines and extend out over the ocean. In the natural course of events, ice shelves often calve large icebergs. On February 28, 2008, however, the Wilkins Ice Shelf rapidly disintegrated into small pieces.
Published Mar 27, 2008
A floating shelf of ice attached to the coast of Antarctica appears ready to shed an iceberg into the Southern Ocean.
Published Mar 10, 2016
Throughout Antarctica, broad ribbons of ice known as ice streams shed large quantities of ice into the ocean.
Published Apr 24, 2007
To the untrained eye, Antarctica may look like a giant piece of solid ice that rarely changes, but scientists studying the continent have long known better. The icy surface is dynamic, with glaciers and "streams" of ice flowing toward the ocean.
Published Apr 27, 2007
Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite imagery analyzed at the University of Colorado’s National Snow and Ice Data Center revealed that the northern section of the Larsen B ice shelf, a large floating ice mass on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula, has shattered and separated from the continent. This particular image was taken on March 5, 2002.
Published Mar 20, 2002
Rifts form a triple junction along the edge of a giant loose tooth in East Antarctica.
Published Feb 12, 2012
This image shows the latest estimate of the ice edge around Law Promontory, which juts out from East Antarctica’s coastline near Stefansson Bay.
Published Jul 23, 2010
These color-coded maps show ice mass changes in the northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago from 2004 to 2009.
Published Jun 1, 2011
In January 2015, a new iceberg broke off from an ice shelf in East Antarctica that had otherwise been quiet for decades.
Published Feb 7, 2015
This trio of images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite shows the rapid break up of the Serson Ice Shelf between July 28 and July 31.
Published Sep 11, 2008
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