The world’s biggest iceberg is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals.
The colossal iceberg A23a, towering at 40 meters and spanning an area greater than the Australian Capital Territory, is now ...
The slab of ice — named A23a — weighs almost one trillion tonnes and could slam into South Georgia Island before either ...
“For months, the iceberg was trapped in a Taylor Column, an oceanographic phenomenon where rotating water above a seamount traps objects in place,” BAS said. “This dynamic kept A23a spinning ...
It’s also a natural process happening more frequently because of human-caused climate change, said British Antarctic Survey physical oceanographer Andrew Meijers, who examined the iceberg up close in ...