World’s Largest, Oldest Iceberg Runs Aground Near Antarctic Island
A23a weighs nearly a trillion metric tons, making it the world’s largest active iceberg. It calved from Antarctica in 1986, making it the world’s oldest berg. And now, after drifting for half a decade, A23a has grounded itself about 56 miles (90 kilometers) south of South Georgia.
It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that ...
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'Queen of icebergs' A23a grounds off South Atlantic wildlife havenThe world's largest iceberg has run aground just off the coast of South Georgia. But what does this mean for the wildlife ...
As the iceberg melts, its released elements can alter the physics and chemistry of the ocean, propelling particles from the ...
The world’s biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometres from a remote Antarctic island, potentially ...
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Scientists Find Hidden 'Plumbing' in Antarctica That's Causing Ice To Melt Faster Than We ExpectedThis is the first research in which experts incorporated the factor of 'subglacial plumbing' to analyse retreating Antarctica ...
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