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 ...
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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 sealed off from the surface by a thick layer of ice.
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World's largest iceberg comes to standstill
A23a had been floating across the Southern Ocean for five years before it ran aground near the Island of South Georgia.
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Mega-iceberg from Antarctica is headed toward South Georgia—here's what could happen
the new study will identify how much meltwater the icebergs lost in the Southern Ocean during the melting phases, and how that changed conditions in the ocean. Scientists would also like to better ...
Chicago-Sized Iceberg Hid Ancient Ecosystem, Scientists Reveal
With the icebergs covering the seafloor, organisms below the shelf cannot get nutrients for survival from the surface. The ...
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World’s Largest, Oldest Iceberg Runs Aground Near Antarctic Island
After a leisurely five-year journey, the ginormous iceberg A23a appears to have run aground near the Southern Ocean’s South Georgia Island, according to the British Antarctic Survey. A23a weighs ...
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Thailand’s coastline at risk as world's largest iceberg melts
Rising sea levels as a result of the rapid melting of the world’s largest iceberg is putting Thailand's coastline at risk of ...
A huge iceberg broke off Antarctica. What scientists found under it startled them.
Researchers were working off the coast of Antarctica when it happened: A gigantic iceberg about 19 miles longcracked off the ...
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See the birth of a new ICEBERG: Incredible images reveal the moment a berg the size of Chicago broke away from Antarctica's George VI Ice Shelf
past Smyley Island and then appears to head in a northwesterly direction towards the Southern Ocean. NASA Earth Observatory said the iceberg has drifted about 150 miles (250km) from its point ...
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Mega-iceberg from Antarctica on collision course with South Georgia: Harbinger of things to come?
the new study will identify how much meltwater the icebergs lost in the Southern Ocean during the melting phases, and how that changed conditions in the ocean. Scientists would also like to better ...