World's Largest Iceberg Breaking Up as Enormous Chunk Falls Off
Feb 3, 2025 · An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, in a possible first sign the behemoth from Antarctica could be crumbling, scientists told AFP on Friday. The colossal iceberg – which is more than twice the size of Greater London and weighs nearly one trillion tonnes – had largely stayed intact since it started slowly moving ...
World’s largest iceberg breaks off from Antarctica | CNN
May 19, 2021 · The world’s largest iceberg has calved from Antarctica over the past few days, a giant floating piece of ice close to 80 times the size of Manhattan. The iceberg broke off the western side of the...
Largest iceberg in the world, 40 miles wide, is now heading into …
Dec 1, 2023 · In 2021, for instance, it was supplanted by iceberg A-76, which broke from the Ronne Ice Shelf, also in the Weddell Sea. But that giant soon fractured into smaller icebergs, putting A23a back...
World's biggest iceberg, A23a, breaks free : NPR
Dec 20, 2024 · About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for months. Now, it's free, and heading back into open Antarctic waters.
Satellite map shows world's largest iceberg trajectory after break-off
Nov 27, 2023 · The giant icy mass, with the snappy moniker of "A23a," first broke away from Antarctica in 1986. However, it almost immediately became stuck to the ocean floor of the Weddell Sea and remained...
Gigantic Iceberg in Antarctica Tears Loose in Major Calving Event
On May 20th, 2024, an iceberg measuring 380 square kilometers (~147 mi 2) broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. This event (A-83) is this region's third significant iceberg calving in the past four years.
World's largest iceberg just broke off an Antarctic ice shelf - NBC News
May 21, 2021 · An enormous chunk of ice bigger than Rhode Island has broken off an Antarctic ice shelf, according to the European Space Agency. The floating mass covers more than 1,600 square miles, making it...
After Breaking Free, World’s Largest Iceberg Is Stuck Spinning in ...
Aug 7, 2024 · For more than 30 years, the world’s largest iceberg was stuck in the Antarctic. Five times the size of New York City’s land area and more than 1,000 feet deep, the mammoth piece of ice finally...
World's biggest iceberg 3 times the size of New York City is finally ...
Nov 28, 2023 · The gigantic iceberg A23a, which broke off from Antarctica in 1986, is finally moving away from the icy continent after being stuck on the seafloor for decades.
Satellites watch world's largest iceberg on crash course with …
Jan 28, 2025 · Iceberg A23a has been a concern for scientists since it broke away from the Antarctic ice shelf in 1986. After remaining immobile for over three decades, the iceberg finally broke free in 2020 and ...