Researchers think that shifting ocean currents brought warmer seawater to the area and contributed to the collapse. The collapse raises new concerns about East Antarctica. The Conger ice shelf is near ...

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

A massive iceberg broke off from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica in January, giving researchers a rare opportunity to observe a part of the planet never before seen by humans. Coincidentally ...

ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute In January, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from a massive ice shelf in Antarctica, revealing an underwater world never before seen by humans.

To get this big, the scientists say ... trying to learn and understand what was driving that ecosystem under the ice shelf." ...