The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting ...

The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from Antarctica on a potential collision course with ... It could avoid the shelf and get carried into open water beyond South Georgia, a British overseas ...

The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from Antarctica on a potential collision ... It could avoid the shelf and get carried into open water beyond South Georgia, a British overseas territory ...

The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond EPICA-Oldest Ice project has achieved a historic milestone this week, by successfully drilling a 2800-metre-long ice core, consisting of ice from the ...

Researchers collected the core during the fourth campaign of the Beyond EPICA — Oldest Ice project, funded by the European Commission. The campaign took place over the most recent Antarctic ...

If it gets stuck near South Georgia Island, that could make it hard for penguin parents to feed their babies and some young could starve.

The core is a "time machine" that records "an extraordinary archive of Earth's climate," said Carlo Barbante, coordinator of the Beyond EPICA, or European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica ...

Carlo Barbante, Coordinator, Beyond EPICA: We will now be able to assess when the glaciation of Antarctica started. We will understand when Antarctica was completely covered by ice.

ANTARCTICA — The world's biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that's home to millions of penguins and seals.