Ice floating on water seems to be a common occurrence; however, one of the most astonishing and crucial phenomena in nature is the fact that it happens. In general, all matter behaves in such a way ...

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 quick look at why ice stays on top of water and what makes it different from liquid water.

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 ...

Something strange has been swirling in the waters around Antarctica. From the 1970s until a decade ago, the floating sea ice that radiates from the continent had been expanding, even with climate ...