World's Largest Iceberg Escapes Antarctic, Crashes Into Remote Island
The world's largest iceberg, roughly four times the size of New York City, has run aground after crashing into the southern tip of South America. As the New York Times reports, the event is an early warning sign of what's still to come as global warming is causing major changes in the Antarctic Peninsula. The iceberg, dubbed A23a, drifted in the Weddell Sea, east of the Antarctic, for decades. Then it started to move in 2020 after becoming unmoored from the sea floor. In 2023, it left Antarctic waters and started traveling north. This spring, it started spinning, becoming trapped […]
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