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Satellite data shows that Antarctic ice sheets have grown in size, prompting claims that climate change is in reverse or even ...
However, A23a may not hold its size title for long, because as of May 16, it is only around 12 square miles (31 square km) larger than the next-biggest iceberg, D15A, according to the U.S ...
It's immediately apparent the A23a is not too long for this world. Large icebergs hundreds of metres across have already broken off and are drifting closer to South Georgia.
The A23a iceberg (CR) drifting toward South Georgia Islands, in the Southern Ocean. Picture: Handout / NASA / AFP However in its current location, the iceberg could offer benefits to wildlife.
After months on the move, the world's largest iceberg, A23a, has run aground off the remote British island of South Georgia, representatives from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) reported on ...
The vast frozen giant, --- Called A23A is one of the largest on earth, --- And temporarily grounded with its next moves being closely watched by scientists ...
A23a started to drift up through the Southern Ocean in 2020, when currents put it on a possible collision course with South Georgia. The iceberg and the island are about the same size in square miles.
Estimated to weigh roughly a trillion tons, A23a had broken away, or calved, from Antarctica's Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986 and then stayed atop the seabed in the Weddell Sea within the Southern ...
Estimated to weigh roughly a trillion tons, A23a had broken away, or calved, from Antarctica's Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986 and then stayed atop the seabed in the Weddell Sea within the Southern Ocean ...