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Icebergs

Figure showing changes in ocean surface temperature as a large iceberg and several small icebergs break off an ice shelf
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Creating Icebergs in Ocean Models Coupled to Ice Shelves

by L. Padman 6 June 201923 March 2023

Modeling icebergs as Lagrangian elements held together by numerical bonds provides insights into coupled exchanges of heat, freshwater, and momentum between large icebergs and the ocean.

Scientists in Arctic
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The Ice Nurseries of the Arctic Are Melting

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 11 April 20194 April 2023

Ice formed in coastal nurseries along Russia’s Arctic coast is melting before it can float far offshore. Scientists are worried about what that means for wildlife.

Greenland iceberg
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Icebergs Reveal Contours of the Ocean Bottom

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 10 January 20195 January 2022

Using satellite imagery of grounded icebergs near Greenland, researchers estimate the drafts of these ice masses and therefore water depth, measurements that shed light on future sea level rise.

Researchers look at the traces of icebergs in the Norwegian Sea to better understand the past behavior of North Atlantic currents
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Scraping Bottom: Iceberg Scours Reveal North Atlantic Currents

by Terri Cook 1 August 20183 July 2023

A 3-D seismic analysis of Pleistocene iceberg gouges indicates that surface currents in the Norwegian Sea flowed northward and remained consistent during numerous glacial cycles.

Researchers use modeling to find an iceberg’s breaking point.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How to Find an Iceberg’s Breaking Point

by S. Witman 16 August 20179 August 2022

Researchers develop a mathematical method of modeling tabular icebergs, like the one that broke away from an Antarctic ice shelf earlier this year.

A closeup of a rift in the Larsen C ice sheet in 2016.
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Six Points of Perspective on Larsen C’s Huge New Iceberg

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustratorMohi Kumar headshot by JoAnna Wendel and M. Kumar 12 July 201717 March 2023

A Delaware-sized slab of ice just broke off Antarctica. Now what?

A large crack splits the ice about 100 meters from the face of Bowdoin Glacier.
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New Technique Reveals Iceberg Calving Process

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 1 May 20177 February 2023

Researchers used unmanned aerial vehicle data to model the growth of a fracture that broke a 1-kilometer-long iceberg off a Greenland glacier.

Photomicrogram of sediment coarse fraction from Heinrich Event 1, including forams and grains transported by icebergs.
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Iceberg Surge During Last Deglaciation May Have Had Two Pulses

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 27 April 20174 May 2022

Seafloor sediment cores provide new clues that could help clarify the influence of ice sheet collapse on a period of ocean cooling marked by slowed deepwater circulation.

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Seismic Clues Reveal the Mechanisms Behind Iceberg Calving

by L. Strelich 16 February 20168 December 2022

Scientists combine models and video footage of iceberg calving to analyze the potential of seismology to unravel physical processes behind the breakup of ice sheets.

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Icebergs Fertilize Southern Ocean, Sequester Carbon

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 15 January 201617 August 2022

Huge, drifting ice rafts (the white spot on the satellite image below ) shed minerals as they melt, painting trails of nutrients, teeming phytoplankton, and chlorophyll across hundreds of kilometers of ocean.

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