Ice in the Antarctica region

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Once World's Largest Iceberg 'A68' Melts Away At British Territory

World's largest iceberg, 'A68’ has melted into fragments at northeast British overseas territory. Weighing billions of tons, the iceberg was once a part of Larsen sea ice shelf until 2017. While the largest remaining piece was believed to be of around 3x2nautical-miles, the remaining fragments were not traced by US National Ice Center. Glaciologist Luckman said the loss of Antarctic ice occurred due to changes in ocean heat and circulation.… read-more

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 - 08:40 PM / by Ronit John

Tags: antartica, Polar region, cold, Iceberg, A68

Courtesy: The Independent