The breakup of the massive Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica is getting closer and will eventually produce an iceberg the size of Delaware prowling the Southern Ocean, according to new NASA data.

A-68a was the biggest iceberg on Earth when it calved from the Larsen-C Ice Shelf in 2017. Credit: Povl Abrahamsen Gathering data from the ocean immediately surrounding a giant iceberg is difficult.

A large iceberg in Antarctica has calved off the Larsen C ice shelf as of July last year and budged only a little from the coast until recently. In the past two months, the iceberg, known as 'A68 ...

A68 split from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in July 2017. For a year, it hardly moved, its keel apparently grounded on the seafloor. But the prevailing winds and currents eventually began to push it ...

Overall, the number of melt days exceeded the 1991 to 2020 long-term average by approximately 10 days in the Larsen C Ice Shelf area, 15 days in the Fimbul Ice Shelf area, and over 30 days along the ...

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A-68a was the biggest iceberg on Earth when it calved from the Larsen-C Ice Shelf in 2017. Credit: Povl Abrahamsen The mission was high-risk; remotely operated robotic gliders are not normally ...

In a closer view, you can also see the crack in the Larsen C ice shelf. In August 2016, the crack extended from the Gipps Ice Rise northward for 130 kilometers (80 miles), and the crack has continued ...

An iceberg the size of Chicago that broke off of an Antarctic ice shelf has revealed a thriving ecosystem beneath it, according to researchers. On Jan. 13, the iceberg, named A-84, broke off from ...