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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image over the South Atlantic Ocean features a close-up view of the A23a iceberg, once the world’s largest. The unusually cloud-free image shows the first signs that the iceberg will soon disintegrate completely.

Ice velocity on Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland, 2014–2024

Ice velocity on Greenland ice sheet, 2014–2024

Ice flow velocity on the Antarctic ice sheet, 2014–2024

Antarctic Peninsula by Sentinel-1D

Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers by Sentinel-1D

ESA medical doctors Nina Purvis and Sarah Gaier meet in Antarctica at the coastal station Mario Zuchelli

Taking gravity measurements into the future

Next Generation Gravity Mission measuring concept

Antarctic subglacial lake inventory

From Antarctica’s Concordia Station, the crew captured the 8 September 2025 total lunar eclipse, while ESA-sponsored doctor Nina Purvis studies human adaptation to extreme conditions for future Moon and Mars missions.

Antarctic yearly mean sea ice extent, 1997–2023

Chlorophyll-a concentration around the Antarctic

Phytoplankton groups around the Antarctic

Sea-surface salinity around Antarctica

Trends in polar sea-ice thickness from 2011–2025

Nimrod Glacier and the Transantarctic Mountains from Biomass

Dotson Ice Shelf from Sentinel-1

Crosson and Dotson Ice Shelves

Glacier velocity change 2005–2022

Velocity of glaciers feeding Crosson and Dotson Ice Shelves 2015–2022

Glacier velocity change 2005–2022 in numbers

The Ocean and Land Colour Instrument on Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured this image of Earth’s biggest iceberg, A23a, on 5 April 2025.

Glacier ice velocity 1996–2016, West Antarctica

The southern lights at Concordia station in Antarctica

An iceberg roughly the size of the Isle of Wight has broken off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on 20 May.

As the holiday season swiftly approaches, frosty landscapes tend to be associated with the magical idea of a white Christmas. But this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image over the Antarctic Peninsula sheds light on a different perspective.

The last members of the European Antarctic crew DC19 say goodbye to Concordia after spending a year at the research station in Antarctica

After being grounded on the ocean floor for well over four decades, the largest iceberg in the world is on the loose.

Cadman Ice Shelf 2023 compared to 2017

The changing face of Cadman Ice Shelf

Icebergs in the Amundsen Sea, off the west coast of Antarctica

Using AI to measure the size of icebergs

This rare, almost cloud-free view of the remote Elephant Island in Antarctica was captured in February 2023 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Getz Ice Shelf from Sentinel-1

Ozone hole extension 2023

Larsen Ice Shelf calving fronts

Antarctic sea-ice concentration

Some of the most severe marine heat increases on Earth are occurring in the seas surrounding the UK and Ireland. Satellite measurements show that water temperatures in certain areas are above average for this time of year.

The icy landscape of Graham Coast, which lies on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.

Antarctic Peninsula glacier flow

Antarctica air temperature anomaly

Brunt Ice Shelf and the Dawson-Lambton penguin colony

Sentinel-2 captures Antarctica’s new iceberg

Before and after: Brunt Ice Shelf

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