Most solid substances sink when placed in their liquid form. For example, solid metal sinks in molten metal, and solid wax sinks in melted wax. But water behaves differently. Ice floats on liquid ...

A pair of US researchers have developed a new model to tackle a deceptively simple problem: how a small block of ice melts while floating in calm water. Using an advanced experimental setup, Daisuke ...

A Manhattan-sized ice island has broken away from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier after years of growing fractures weakened its ...

A robotic float has measured the temperature and salinity from parts of the ocean never sampled before—underneath massive floating ice shelves in East Antarctica. For two and a half years, an Argo ...

A huge section of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier has snapped off, forming an ice island about the size of Manhattan.

A huge slab of floating ice has broken away from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, creating an ice island roughly the size of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive slab of ice has broken away from one of Greenland's largest glaciers, creating a rare Arctic ice island roughly the size ...

A huge section of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier has broken away, creating a rare Arctic ice island that scientists will now ...