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An Antarctic mega-iceberg is drifting—How ancient ice history sheds light on its journey
UTRECHT, Netherlands — Some experts fear a massive drifting iceberg known as A23a is currently on a collision course with South Georgia Island, threatening to disrupt the breeding grounds of ...
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Antarctic Iceberg Breaks Away to Reveal a Never-Before-Seen Ecosystem
A colossal iceberg the size of Chicago has broken from a floating glacier in Antarctica, and like a retractable roof at a ...
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World's largest iceberg runs aground in South Atlantic after 1,200-mile journey (satellite photos)
Earlier observations suggest the iceberg's northward drift slowed suddenly in late February, according to a statement from NASA's Earth Observatory. You may like Satellites watch world's largest ...
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World's largest iceberg — on collision course with remote penguin island — runs aground
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.
Scientists peeked underneath an iceberg and found a startling kaleidoscope of marine life
A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when ...
World’s biggest iceberg runs aground, comes to standstill off remote island
A23a calved from the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 1986 and remained grounded on the seabed in the Weddell Sea for over ...
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A23a iceberg poses no threat to South Georgia, for now
The iceberg, weighing nearly one billion tons, has been drifting north from Antarctica since 2020. Its current position reduces risks to the region's penguins and seals. In addition, the iceberg's ...
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World’s biggest iceberg runs aground, sparing wildlife haven island
The colossal iceberg A23a – which is nearly 4,000 sq km across, more than twice the size of Greater London, and weighs nearly one trillion tonnes – has been drifting north from Antarctica ...
World's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground near remote British island
The world's largest iceberg appears to have run aground off the coast of a remote British island home to millions of penguins and seals — potentially threatening local wildlife, but also providing an ...
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World’s biggest iceberg dubbed A23a finally runs aground
The colossal iceberg A23a – which is more than twice the size of Greater London and weighs nearly one trillion tonnes – has been drifting north from Antarctica towards South Georgia island ...
World’s biggest iceberg runs aground off South Georgia
The biggest iceberg in the world, named A23a, appears to have run aground after drifting around the Southern Ocean near Antarctica since 2020.
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The world's largest iceberg on a collision course with a remote island
The iceberg first broke away from the Antarctic shelf in 1986, eventually drifting into shallow waters. Dr Sue Cook is a glaciologist at the University of Tasmania. She says with about 90 per cent ...