Satellites watch world's largest iceberg on crash course with Antarctic penguin island (photo/video)
Measuring roughly 1,350 square miles (3,500 square kilometers) across, A23a is the world's largest and oldest iceberg according to AFP News. Its imposing size and slow, steady movement have captivated oceanographers and researchers alike, though predicting its exact path has proven difficult due to the unpredictable forces of ocean currents.
While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...
The slab of ice — named A23a — weighs almost one trillion tonnes and could slam into South Georgia Island before either ...
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One Trillion Ton Iceberg on Crash Course for Small IslandA23a, the world’s largest iceberg, broke loose from Antarctica; now it’s spiraling towards South Georgia Island.
Iceberg A23a, one of the world's largest icebergs, is drifting toward South Georgia, posing potential risks to wildlife and ...
The world's biggest iceberg—more than twice the size of London—could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it ...
For over 30 years, the A23a iceberg stayed anchored to the Antarctic Weddell Sea floor before it shrank and lost its grip on the seafloor which turned it into a massive floating fragment of ice. The ...
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