Erin Pettit and researchers at Oregon State University were set to find out. They’ve been studying melting glaciers by dropping hydrophones — specialized underwater microphones — into the water near ...

Ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier. It is a form of ice ablation or ice disruption. It is the sudden release and ...

New research has, for the first time, tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the lead-up to three large-scale iceberg "calving" events in Antarctica, ...

PERITO MORENO GLACIER, Argentina (Reuters) -The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 meters (230 ft) tall - ...

Amid the chilling silence of some of the coldest places on Earth, nature makes itself heard. A colossal iceberg breaks into pieces with incredible force before crashing into the waters below with a ...