A gigantic iceberg that broke off of an Antarctic glacier has revealed a thriving never-before-seen ecosystem in the depths beneath. The iceberg A-84, which is roughly the size of Chicago, calved from ...

But it remains unclear how Antarctic ecosystems, covered by 150-metre-thick (almost 500ft) ice for centuries, host thriving ecosystems when they are completely cut off from surface nutrients.

The team used remotely operated vehicles to explore the seafloor. Scientists have discovered a thriving ecosystem of sponges, anemones, hydroids, and coral never before seen by humans after a ...

Credit: ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute A gigantic iceberg that broke off of an Antarctic glacier has revealed a thriving never-before-seen ecosystem in the depths beneath. The iceberg A-84 ...