Iceberg weighing 1 trillion tons broke away from Antarctica
One of the largest icebergs in history broke away from the Larsen S glacier in the south-west of the Antarctic. This is reported by the BBC.
The weight of the iceberg fragment is 1 trillion tons, the thickness is 200 m, and the area is 6 thousand square meters. Km, which is equivalent to an area of 2.5 such megacities as Moscow. According to RT, glaciologists observed this process on the Larsen Ice Shelf for 10 years. According to Interfax, the collapse of the ice shelf began on the eastern front of Antarctica in 2014.
Scientists believe that the fault is likely triggered by climate change. Over the past 50 years, the temperature in the south-west of the Antarctic, on the Antarctic Peninsula, has increased by 2.5 degrees.
One of the largest icebergs in history broke away from the Larsen S glacier in the south-west of the Antarctic. This is reported by the BBC.
The weight of the iceberg fragment is 1 trillion tons, the thickness is 200 m, and the area is 6 thousand square meters. Km, which is equivalent to an area of 2.5 such megacities as Moscow. According to RT, glaciologists observed this process on the Larsen Ice Shelf for 10 years. According to Interfax, the collapse of the ice shelf began on the eastern front of Antarctica in 2014.
Scientists believe that the fault is likely triggered by climate change. Over the past 50 years, the temperature in the south-west of the Antarctic, on the Antarctic Peninsula, has increased by 2.5 degrees.
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