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Antarctica’s Changing Larsen Ice Shelf
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Published February 7, 2017
When this closely watched slab of floating ice births a giant iceberg, it will not be the first time it has seen dramatic change.
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Close Look at a Crack on Larsen C
Published December 13, 2016
Scientists flew over a rift that’s growing across an ice shelf along the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Crack Advances Across Antarctic Ice Shelf
Published September 8, 2016
A rift along the Larsen C Ice Shelf grew longer during the Antarctic winter.
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A Nearly Ice-Free Northwest Passage
Published August 20, 2016
By mid-August 2016, the famed high-latitude sea route in the Arctic Ocean was open.
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Swirls of Ice in the Labrador Sea
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Published July 21, 2016
When the ice melts or starts congealing, it masses into chunks like crushed ice in a cocktail. Then, ocean currents stir those chunks into a cyclone-like vortex.
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Antarctic Ice Shelf Sheds Bergs
Published April 13, 2016
A crack across the Nansen Ice Shelf has broken, shedding two icebergs—one large enough to earn the name C33.
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Nansen Breaking Up with Antarctica
Published March 10, 2016
A floating shelf of ice attached to the coast of Antarctica appears ready to shed an iceberg into the Southern Ocean.
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Icebergs Make Waves off South Georgia Island
Published December 6, 2015
Like an island or ship, some icebergs are large enough to influence cloud patterns above.
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Ice Loss From Jakobshavn Glacier
Published August 20, 2015
Greenland’s fastest-moving glacier sheds more ice, and continues to retreat at galloping speeds.
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Last Call for Larsen B
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Published June 9, 2015
The remnant of Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf is flowing faster, becoming increasingly fragmented, and developing large cracks.
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Iceberg B-34 Makes Its Debut off Antarctica
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Published April 21, 2015
In early 2015, a new berg broke free from the Getz Ice Shelf.
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Sea Ice and Cloud Streets
Published April 10, 2015
Terra MODIS captured this natural color image on April 9, 2015.
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