“We're observing increasing speed on this largest remaining ice shelf,” Jason Box ... to break off from a glacier - a process called calving - they are generally not this large.

Following the calving of the A-81 iceberg at the end of January 2023, the Brunt Ice Shelf is moving faster than before. It is currently moving approximately 4 meters a day towards the sea ...

A massive iceberg, nearly the size of Chicago, has broken away from the George VI Ice Shelf and embarked on a wild journey ...

Incredible images from the NASA Earth Observatory show A-84 'calving' from the George VI Ice Shelf along the Antarctic coastline. The new berg was 'born' in mid-January and measures about ...

A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving ...

The nearby Larsen B Ice Shelf made worldwide headlines in 2002 when it broke up after a similar process of rift-induced iceberg calving. The Larsen B event was featured in the opening scenes of ...

The ice shelf breaks off and forms icebergs at their terminuses, a process called calving. When the terminuses that held back the outflow of inland ice disappear, the glaciers further flow out ...

“The climate is changing, and it is impacting how ice shelves melt,” Das said in 2023, when the berg was still moving. “Ice shelves are losing mass because the ocean is warming. Calving is a natural ...