The massive A23a iceberg, weighing a trillion tons, is heading toward South Georgia Island. Originating in 1986 from ...
Game of Thrones style ice wall runs aground near British island - The nearly one-trillion-tonne block of ice, known as A23a, ...
The trillion-ton slab of ice — called a megaberg — is currently aground near the South Georgia Island. A23a could affect the marine life on the island, including penguins and seals, as they use the ...
THE world’s biggest iceberg which is twice the size of Greater London has run aground after heading ominously toward a British island. The titanic A23a iceberg left fishermen in fear – ...
Catalogued as A32a, scientists have been tracking the 'megaberg' via satellite data from NOAA. In January, it appeared headed toward South Georgia Island, which is uninhabited by humans but home ...
Several million penguins live in the area along with several species of albatross, elephant seals and fur seals, all of which ...
But given this megaberg is 40 miles across and weighs around five times as much as Mount Everest, its running aground on the rocky shelf had quite the impact. How will it affect the wildlife?
The massive A23a iceberg, one of the biggest ever recorded, is drifting toward South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic.
The ‘megaberg’ calved from Antarctica’s Filchner ice shelf in 1986, and then remained grounded on the floor of the Weddell Sea for more than 30 years, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS ...
The British Antarctic Survey says nutrients from the grounding and melting of the megaberg known as ‘A23a’ may boost food for penguins and seals.
Fishing vessels could face “potentially hazardous” conditions from the smaller icebergs in the region, but scientists said nutrients stirred up from the grounding and melting of the megaberg ...