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It’s likely the windy weather blowing them in.

Scientists say they've figured out how much A23a, the world's biggest iceberg, weighs - and it's a whopper.

On the Run Tour At more than triple the size of New York City, the world's largest current iceberg is on the move. As Reuters reports, the iceberg named A23a actually broke off of the Antarctic coastline in 1986, but it quickly became stuck to the bottom of the ocean for much of that time […]

One of the world’s largest icebergs is drifting beyond Antarctic waters, after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey. The iceberg is about three times the size of New York City and more than twice the size of Greater London, measuring around 4,000 square kilometers (1,500 square miles).

ReutersThe world’s largest iceberg, which broke off a West Antarctica ice shelf in 1986 and has been has been stuck in place for decades, is drifting. The 1,500-square-mile, trillion-ton mass has been immobile in the Weddel Sea until now. “Over time it’s probably just thinned slightly and got that little bit of extra buoyancy that’s allowed it to lift off the ocean floor and get pushed by ocean currents,” British Antarctic Survey glaciologist Oliver Marsh told ...

Scientists in Scotland are monitoring the North Atlantic for signs of weakening warm water currents.

You might be surprised at how little of the world's oceans scientists have investigated.

See how tracking the spread of Sargassum seaweed can help combat the invasion of this algae species. Find out its impact on marine life and local communities.

One October day, a Cape Cod boy's message in a bottle was put into Nantucket Sound, with hopes someone would respond. Someone did 26 years later.

Sea life, stuck to plastic bottles and other human trash, has journeyed far from their coastal habitats — and may threaten local species