Tag: Giant iceberg

• Monday, April 7th 2025 - 15:54 UTC

  Insights into the impact of melting mega-brergs with robotic gliders

  

  For the first time, scientists have collected measurements close to a giant iceberg, giving an unprecedented window into the impact of meltwater on the surrounding Southern Ocean and ecosystem. The paper is published in the journal Nature Geoscience. 

• Friday, December 20th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  Argentine Coast Guard monitoring A23a's displacement

  

  Argentina's Coast Guard (PNA) Thursday issued a statement explaining how it is monitoring the displacement of the A23a iceberg, which was reported to be headed for the South Georgia Islands.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2024 - 10:07 UTC

  World's largest iceberg headed for South Georgia Island

  

  According to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the 3,600 square kilometer iceberg known as A23a broke off from Antarctica and was reportedly going adrift in the South Atlantic, probably towards South Georgia Island. It is arguably the world's largest and oldest iceberg, with ice sheets 400 meters thick, and weighing almost one billion tons.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 08:13 UTC

  Brunt Ice Shelf moving faster after calving of giant iceberg

  

  Following the calving of the A-81 iceberg at the end of January 2023, the Brunt Ice Shelf is moving faster than before. It is currently moving approximately 4 meters a day towards the sea, whereas before the calving it moved at an average of between 1-2.5 meters a day.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 12:47 UTC

  BAS to study impact of giant A'68 iceberg and fresh water on South Georgia's ecosystem

  

  A research mission to determine the impact of the giant A-68a iceberg on one of the world’s most important ecosystems gets underway next month. A team of scientists, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), will set sail on the National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) ship bound for the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Giant 350bn tons of ice calve from the Amery shelf in Antarctica

  

  For nearly 20 years, researchers have closely watched a “loose tooth” of ice dangle from the edge of the Antarctic ice sheet, waiting for it to detach.

• Saturday, September 8th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  Giant iceberg “A68” takes off from Antarctica mainland to the Southern Ocean

  

  A large iceberg in Antarctica has calved off the Larsen C ice shelf as of July last year and budged only a little from the coast until recently. In the past two months, the iceberg, known as 'A68', has taken a drastic 90 degree swing away from the Antarctic mainland and into the Southern Ocean.