A68, the world's largest iceberg, has finally melted

The 6,000 km² chunk of ice, known as A68, broke off from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in 2017. It stayed relatively stationary for a couple of years, but began steadily floating away from Antarctica in the summer of 2018.

The iceberg has since moved around the South Atlantic, curving up toward South Georgia Island where warm temperatures and waves broke it into large chunks. Those chunks have since broken into pieces too small to track, according to theThanks to robust satellite imagery, A68 was studied more than any iceberg before. Scientists watched as it first began to crack under the strain of movement, tracking water temperatures surrounding it as it moved.

A68 was once about the size of Prince Edward Island. It was believed to be the world’s largest iceberg while intact, although it wasn’t quite as big as the B15 iceberg which had an area of 11,000 km² when it broke off from the Ross Ice Shelf 2000. B15 has also broken up into smaller icebergs.

Okay so there's going to be a huge shift in the planet's geographic layout that we're all really terrified about! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Ever hear of evolution? 🤷🏼‍♀️

Bullshit. The A68 is a dual carriageway running from Darlington in England to the A720 in Edinburgh.

Doesn't science kinda predict no drinkable water by 2040? The fight for water is going to be intense. We will be living in a wolrd where water makes you wealthy not money. No wonder the desperation on trying to find another planet to inevitably destroy. All that money on SPACE

I am not commenting on climate change. But this news piece certainly is weak and failed to carry the message it meant to carry, and even back fired. When you simplify science and try to make it into a drama, it simply does not work.

No wonder it’s still snowing in Canada right now. Global warming is gonna get worst.

The Titanic will be safe. Thank goodness

Excellent. Easier navigation.

Any less beaches nearby? 😟

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