A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when sealed off from the surface by a thick layer of ice.

When the A-84 iceberg calved in January, it unveiled a 209-square-mile swath of seafloor. Nearby scientists rushed to the ...

On January 13, 2025, iceberg A-84, which is roughly the size of Chicago, broke from the George VI Ice Shelf, a giant floating ...

With the icebergs covering the seafloor, organisms below the shelf cannot get nutrients for survival from the surface. The ...

The drifting iceberg released itself free three decades after it latched onto the seafloor of the Weddell Sea but was once ...

But this newborn iceberg, dubbed A-84 ... It makes me wonder just what is happening in the water under the ice shelf.' Ice shelves are permanent floating sheets of ice that connect to a landmass.

A, after years of drifting, now appears stuck near South Georgia Island. Once lodged in the Southern Weddell Sea for decades, ...

A23a calved from the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 1986 and remained grounded on the seabed in the Weddell Sea for over 30 years.

Science and technology editor Tom Clarke has been flying over A23a, the world's largest iceberg, and seen first-hand its vast ...

"Instead of a big, sheer pristine box of ice, you can see caverns under the edges," Prof ... British Antarctic Survey. The iceberg melts freshwater into salt water, reducing the amount of food ...

But the melting iceberg may also bring positive changes to the environment, Meijers added, by dispensing huge amounts of nutrients into the water that, in turn, "could actually boost populations ...