An iceberg the size of Chicago broke off am Antarctic ice shelf to reveal a thriving ecosystem underneath, according to researchers.

“The discovery offers new insights into how ecosystems function beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ice sheet,” SOI said in a press release. Usually, nutrients from the surface trickle ...

4/14/25 (LAPost.com) — A colossal iceberg named A-84 – comparable in size to Chicago – calved from the George VI Ice Shelf on Jan. 13, unveiling a seafloor area previously concealed for decades.

The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for centuries.

Scientists have recently uncovered a wondrous and vibrant underwater world, previously hidden ... ecosystem that had managed to flourish despite the extreme cold and darkness. Antarctica’s ...

Credit: ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute A gigantic iceberg that broke off of an Antarctic glacier has revealed a thriving never-before-seen ecosystem ... that this hidden underworld harbored ...

“We didn’t expect to find such a beautiful, thriving ecosystem,” said ... the life forms found on this once-hidden seabed. But one thing is certain: Antarctica isn’t just ice and emptiness.

The moving iceberg unveiled previously hidden parts of the ocean floor that scientists ... Scientists studying the newly exposed Antarctic marine ecosystem can better understand the evolutionary ...

An international scientific team has explored for the first time an intact marine ecosystem revealed by the detachment of a massive iceberg in Antarctica ... exposed seafloors hidden for centuries ...