Iceberg B-49 calved from the Antarctic glacier in February 2020.
Published Feb 12, 2020Image of the Day Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
Cracks that spread across the floating ice for months have finally spawned new icebergs.
Published Feb 11, 2020
Calving that used to happen about every six years has become a near-annual event.
Published Nov 8, 2018Image of the Day Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
Shadows from the iceberg fragments allowed scientists to estimate its thickness.
Published Dec 26, 2017
In just a month, a large iceberg from Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier has disintegrated.
Published Oct 28, 2017
The 185-square-kilometer hunk of ice is afloat in the Amundsen Sea, off the coast of West Antarctica.
Published Oct 3, 2017
The floating part of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier released a new, 185-square-kilometer iceberg.
Published Sep 26, 2017
Pine Island Glacier has shed another block of ice into Antarctic waters.
Published Feb 15, 2017
A view of ice island B31 at the start of Antarctic summer shows the berg is headed west in the Amundsen Sea.
Published Nov 28, 2014
Thermal infrared imagery shows the ice island—which calved off of Pine Island Glacier—after winter darkness has set in.
Published May 15, 2014
Over the course of five months in Antarctic spring and summer, NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites captured a series of images of ice island B31.
Published Apr 18, 2014
Landsat 8 captures a view of the ice separating from the ice shelf.
Published Nov 15, 2013
The rift in the glacier is now completely open, and a large iceberg is moving out into Pine Island Bay.
Published Nov 14, 2013
Thermal infrared imagery spots the cracks and a new ice island through the dark of the Antarctic winter night.
Published Jul 28, 2013
As spring clears out sea ice from Pine Island Bay, the birth of a massive new iceberg may be more likely.
Published Nov 24, 2012
Images from the German satellite TerraSar-X shows how a rift on Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier grew between October 2011 and September 2012.
Published Oct 19, 2012
Scientists merged photographs and laser altimetry data to create a virtual journey through the crack in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier.
Published Feb 29, 2012
Three polynyas—circular areas free of sea ice—provide tantalizing clues as to why Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier is melting at an astonishing 100 meters per year.
Published Nov 18, 2011
A large crack running across the Pine Island Glacier in this satellite image is the beginning of the birth of a new giant iceberg.
Published Nov 16, 2011
In a routine survey of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier, NASA scientists discovered a large crack in the ice which will soon lead to the birth of a new giant iceberg.
Published Nov 3, 2011
Scientists discovered a deepwater channel that could funnel warm water to the glacier's underbelly and melt it from below.
Published Jan 19, 2011
The Pine Island Glacier has been the focus of scientific attention for many years. Large numbers of deep crevasses are a sign that parts of the glacier are moving rapidly.
Published Jan 11, 2008
Pine Island Glacier has undergone a steady thinning in recent decades. In December 2000, satellites detected a wide new crack.
Published Nov 16, 2001
