A London-sized iceberg broke off Antarctica, but scientists are chill

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A London-sized iceberg broke off Antarctica, but scientists are chill

The icy absolute unit is now floating free in the ocean.

    By
    Amanda Kooser

October 1, 2019 12:16 PM PDT

 
Iceberg D-28 is on its own now.
ESA Sentinel-1A

When we hear about massive icebergs breaking off into the ocean, we immediately want to know: How big are we talking here? Iceberg D-28 broke free last week from the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica, the Australian Antarctic Division reported on Tuesday, and it's a whopper.

D-28 is about "the size of urban Sydney or the Isle of Skye in Scotland," said the division, which is part of Australia's Department of the Environment and Energy.

The European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite tracked the calving event. ESA likened the iceberg's size to that of Greater London. It's about 620 square miles (1,600 square kilometers) in size.

https://www.cnet.com/news/a-london-sized-iceberg-broke-off-antarctica-but-scientists-are-chill/#ftag=CAD590a51e

[rangerrebew]

Will the call it the "Thurnberg Iceberg?"

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Los Angeles-sized iceberg splits from Antarctic ice shelf
by Tim Pearce
 | October 03, 2019 03:27 PM



An iceberg larger than Los Angeles has broken off of an Antarctic ice shelf as part of a natural process known as calving.

The massive block of ice split from the Amery Ice Shelf on Sept. 25, according to NBC News. Scientists roughly predicted the split about two decades ago.

"The moment many of us have been waiting for: Amery Ice Shelf's 'Loose Tooth' finally calves an iceberg. Didn't quite predict this one right back in 2002, only 4 years off!" glaciologist Helen Fricker said on Twitter.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/los-angeles-sized-iceberg-splits-from-antarctic-ice-shelf

[TomSea]

And I saw one article say this is just normal.  This does not mean global warming/climate change.