Icebergs - NASA Earthdata
4 days ago · NASA's iceberg data includes current and historical measurements useful for mapping icebergs, glaciers that calve them, and their characteristics.
Iceberg A23a in the Southern Ocean, Antarctica - Earthdata
Feb 27, 2024 · Iceberg A23a calved from the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf (on the northwestern side of Antarctica) in 1986 and had been stuck in the Weddell Sea off the coast of West Antarctica until it started moving again in 2020. When it calved, the iceberg was one of the largest icebergs in the world until it was temporarily surpassed in size by iceberg A76 (which had an area of 1,670 square miles when it ...
Glacier Power: What is Glacial Calving? - Earthdata
Jan 17, 2025 · When a piece of a glacier breaks off, it's called calving, and results in an iceberg.
Swirling Iceberg A76A in the Drake Passage - Earthdata
Dec 4, 2022 · Animation starting November 20 and ending December 4, 2022, of Iceberg A76A swirling in the Drake Passage. A76A was part of the A76 iceberg that calved from the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica in May 2021.
Iceberg B49 Calves From Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica - Earthdata
Feb 15, 2020 · Weekly feature of MODIS imagery showing iceberg B49, calved from the Pine Island Glacier, from Aqua satellite on 02/15/2020, available from NASA Worldview.
Iceberg A68A Moving Away From The Antarctic Peninsula
True-color image of Iceberg A68A moving away from the Antarctic Peninsula, acquired on 11 January 2020 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( MODIS) Instrument, aboard the Terra satellite. Iceberg A68A calved from the Larsen C Shelf in July 2017 and is likely now headed for the South Atlantic Ocean.
Disintegration of the Ninnis Glacier Tongue - Earthdata
Jul 21, 2020 · More commonly, iceberg calving events occur from the outer edges of glacier tongues and produce only small icebergs. "The breakup of the Ninnis Glacier Tongue has important implications," said Massom.
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After the Larsen B - Earthdata
Dec 27, 2020 · In March 2002, scientists witnessed the largest ice shelf breakup in recent history. Within 35 days, more than 3,250 square kilometers (1,255 square miles) of the Larsen B ice shelf in Antarctica shattered into small icebergs. Researchers were stunned by the rapidity of its collapse, even though they knew the shelf was weakened. For several years prior to the breakup, scientists had been using ...
Tracking the Itinerant - NASA Earthdata
Dec 28, 2020 · The largest recorded iceberg, Iceberg B-15, rivaled Connecticut in size when it calved from Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000. Giant chunks eventually wandered into the Southern Ocean. Twelve years later it was gone. Ice shelves secure glaciers in place. Both birth icebergs as a natural process, much like shedding dead skin cells, but ice shelf calving does not add to sea level rise ...