Bizarre Green Icebergs Have Baffled Scientists for Decades—but Mystery of Emerald Color Might Soon Be Solved Published Mar 05, 2019 at 11:25 AM EST Updated Mar 06, 2019 at 3:30 AM EST ...

For Warren, the journey towards an understanding of green ice began in 1988. Back then, he took a core sample from a green iceberg near the Amery Ice Shelf, near the coast of East Antarctica.

In 1992, Australian glaciologist Mark Curran spotted for the first time a green iceberg, floating in the sea of Prydz Bay, Antarctica. At the time, nobody could explain the strange color. Icebergs ...

Science Shivali Best 14:06, 11 Mar 2019 Updated 14:06, 11 Mar 2019 Green iceberg (Image: University of Washington) ...

The researchers first obtained a sample of green ice during an Australian expedition in 1988, when they encountered a green iceberg near the Amery Ice Shelf on Antarctica’s east coast.

Stephen Warren, Ph.D., professor emeritus of the University of Washington, first saw a green iceberg on an expedition nearly three decades ago and has worked to solve the mystery of their weird ...