PARIS, France — An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, in a possible first sign the behemoth from Antarctica could be crumbling, scientists told Agence France-Presse on Friday.
PARIS, France — An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, in a possible first sign the behemoth from Antarctica could be crumbling, scientists told Agence France-Presse on Friday.The colossal iceberg — which is more than twice the size of Greater London and weighs nearly one trillion tonnes — had largely stayed intact since it started slowly moving north in 2020.
In the past, other mega-icebergs had fallen apart 'relatively quickly over the course of several weeks' once they started losing big pieces, he said.It was hard to say if this was 'a loose tooth just waiting to come out' or evidence of a much bigger change underway.'I'm sorry to say but it's not really an exact science how these things fall apart...
Major Chunk Breaks Off World's Biggest Iceberg
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