Scientists race to understand Greenland-North Atlantic climate tipping point
British Antarctic Survey
Published: 11 March 2026
An international team of 17 partners heads to Greenland to study how rapidly melting glaciers may push the Atlantic Ocean toward a critical climate tipping point in the 5-year GIANT project.
Keywords: Greenland, ice sheet, tipping point, AMOC, Atlantic Ocean, glaciers, climate change, ocean circulation
Behind the scenes: Preparing for Deep Sea 3D
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Published: 10 March 2026
MBARI engineers tested the MiniROV and Portable Mapping System with stereo cameras, laser projectors, and sonar to prepare for deep-sea 3D seafloor mapping expeditions.
Keywords: MiniROV, deep sea, 3D mapping, underwater robotics, seafloor, ocean technology, ROV
The world's largest iceberg is melting
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 12 March 2026
A WHOI glaciologist explains how iceberg A23a, which calved from Antarctica in 1986, became a traveling laboratory as it rapidly melts and breaks apart in the South Atlantic.
Keywords: iceberg, A23a, Antarctica, glaciology, melting, South Atlantic, climate change
