An iceberg twice the size of Toronto just broke off Antarctica
A massive iceberg spanning 1,270 square kilometres has broken off from the Brunt Ice Shelf.
That s a piece of ice almost exactly twice the size of this city (Toronto is around 630 square kilometres) drifting off Antarctica.
Glaciologists with the British Antarctic Survey s (BAS) Halley Research Station have been expecting this big calving event to happen for at least a decade.
The North Rift has been moving northeast since November and finally cracked apart from the shelf on February 26. Photo via British Antarctic Survey s Halley Research Station.
Scientists first detected growth of vast cracks in the ice years ago.
Massive iceberg larger than New York City breaks off Antarctica
Updated Mar 02, 2021;
Posted Mar 02, 2021
NASA scientists had warned that a massive iceberg, twice the size of New York City, would break off of the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. An iceberg, larger than New York City, did calve on Feb. 26, 2021. (Courtesy of NASA)
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Researchers revealed on Friday that a massive iceberg has broken off from Antarctica.
A Twitter post by the British Antarctic Survey on Feb. 26 stated the iceberg broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf, a process referred to as “calving.”
The #BruntIceShelf has calved along the #NorthRift. #Chasm1 and the #HalloweenCrack have not grown in the last 18 months.
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