The world’s biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years being stuck to the ocean floor.
A23a, as it’s called, calved from the Antarctic coastline in 1986, but almost immediately grounded in the Weddell Sea to become, essentially, an ice island.
At almost 4,000 sq km (1,500 sq miles) in area, it’s more than twice the size of Greater London.
The past year has seen it drifting at speed, and the berg is now about to spill beyond Antarctic waters.
Watch out DiCaprio!
It’s 37 years old, you won’t find DiCaprio anywhere near that thing.
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At almost 4,000 sq km (1,500 sq miles) in area, it’s more than twice the size of Greater London.
Thats good for quite some Martinis.
It’s covered in bird (and seal) poop
Dirty Martinis then.
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That part is covered in fish poop
Thank goodness I don’t drink Martinis, then.
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Who wants to do the exact maths to work out the sea level rise of all of this melting? My back of an envelope calculation gives me 4cm, but happy to be proved wrong! I did 1600km3 over 75% of 510,000,000km2
Is it time to cue up The Day After Tomorrow?