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● European Space Agency Reports on Larsen C Antartica
Icebergia !
The one trillion tonne iceberg, measuring 5,800 square km, calved away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica sometime between July 10 and 12, said scientists at the University of Swansea and the British Antarctic Survey.
The iceberg, which is roughly the size of the U.S. state of Delaware or the Indonesian island of Bali, has been close to breaking off for a few months.
Throughout the Antarctic winter, scientists monitored the progress of the rift in the ice shelf using the European Space Agency satellites.
"The iceberg is one of the largest recorded and its future progress is difficult to predict," said Adrian Luckman, professor at Swansea University and lead investigator of Project MIDAS, which has been monitoring the ice shelf for years.
Bigger than Bali !
More dangerous than Delaware !!
Wider than Wales !!
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Trillion Ton Iceberg in Antarctica Breaking Off ! Icebergia Away !!
● https://youtu.be/ZnCa_4NFcUc
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHJ2pA0yMDY
Big, Big, Big -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/07/12/one-of-the-biggest-icebergs-in-recorded-history-just-broke-loose-from-antarctica
Larger than Luxembourg -- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/12/giant-antarctic-iceberg-breaks-free-of-larsen-c-ice-shelf
Trillion Tonne -- https://phys.org/news/2017-07-trillion-tonne-iceberg-antarctica-scientists.html
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