it is! bigger than Majorca as you can see
The enormity of the berg makes it the largest in the world, snatching first place from the A-32A iceberg (approximately 3880 sq km in size) which is also located in the Weddell Sea.
Meet the new cool kid on the iceberg block: the recently calved #A76 is now the biggest iceberg in the world!
The iceberg was spotted by @BAS_News and confirmed from @usnatice using @CopernicusEU #Sentinel1 imagery.
Here's how it looked on 16 May
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/05/Meet_the_world_s_largest_iceberg …pic.twitter.com/xOVWjidsZw
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Terribile!
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It's the Ronne ice shelf floating or is it the terminus of a glacier? Will this break trigger more ice the flow down and into the sea?
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@craigdonlon (ESA Principal Scientist for Oceans and Ice) commented that "The Filshner-Ronne Ice shelf is really important since it discharges ~10% of the Antarctic Ice sheet into the Southern Ocean influencing the ocean thermohaline circulation..."(continues) - Show replies
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Esto tipos de eventos, no hace otra cosa que confirmar, que la Tierra está en retirada, el daño al medio ambiente es irreversible.
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what was the outcome of the last big iceberg that left Antarctica ?
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That damn squirrel again..
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Hi Guys, do we know if there are any animals trapped on there?? If so will they be rescued and returned?? There could be families separated, babies away from mother's... the prospects are awful
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