A rift is extending farther across the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica, threatening to set in motion the collapse of the entire shelf. A large rift is widening across an increasingly fragile ...

A lucky group of scientists were able to explore a never-before-seen part of the Antarctic after an ice shelf broke, revealing newly exposed seafloor and a previously inaccessible ecosystem ...

Rift in the Larsen C Ice Shelf as seen from a NASA aircraft on Nov. 10, 2016. Credit: nasa/John Sonntag The breakup of the massive Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica is getting closer and will ...

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.