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Once king of the seas, a giant iceberg is finally breaking up

A23a iceberg, once nearly 1 trillion tonnes and over 3,600 sq km, has lost 80% of its mass due to warmer waters and currents, accelerating its final breakup.

  • The world's largest iceberg, named A23a, has broken up, according to the U.S. National Ice Center.
  • A23a has rapidly disintegrated in warmer waters, having lost large fragments and now covering 1,770 square kilometers, less than half of its original size.
  • Andrew Meijers from the British Antarctic Survey stated that A23a is doomed and will continue to melt as it moves further north.
  • Scientists predict that A23a will rapidly fall apart due to warm waters and may be unidentifiable within weeks, as stated by Andrew Meijers.
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It was as big as the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca – but now the world's largest iceberg is crumbling at raging speed. Soon the A23a will probably be quite a story. The size of the iceberg is almost unimaginable: the A23a weighed almost a trillion tons and had an area of 3672 square kilometers. In recent weeks, however, huge chunks broke down and the ice giant shrunk tremendously – by about 400 square kilometers. "Water is far too warm" Res…

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IBTimes broke the news in United States on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.
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