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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World's largest iceberg A23A breaks apart, loses title as biggest floating ice
The world’s largest iceberg, A23A, is rapidly splintering and no longer the biggest floating ice. Scientists say it could collapse this season, raising concerns about faster glacier melt, though not immediate sea-level rise.
·India
Read Full ArticleIt 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…
·Vienna, Austria
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