It is relatively common for ice shelves in Antarctica to spawn icebergs. It is less common for an ice shelf to completely disintegrate. In March 2022, an ice shelf in East Antarctica did both. The ...

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By fusing film with satellites, they discovered warm ocean water, not surface ponds ...

cracks and splits away from Antarctica, the world watches in stunned silence as nature displays its unstoppable power. The sight of an enormous slab of ice, sometimes the size of entire countries, ...

An international team of oceanographers, Antarctic specialists and meteorologists has found evidence that the collapse of Antarctica's Conger ice shelf in 2022 was due to ice melting and weakening ...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have found decades-old aerial photos that are helping them better understand the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves. The photos offer an unparalleled ...

Copenhagen researchers have gained new insight into the mechanisms of Antarctic ice shelf collapse. Old aerial photos have provided an unparalleled dataset that can improve predictions of sea level ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...