An enormous iceberg – named A-76 – is now the biggest iceberg on Earth. The berg broke off from the western side of Antarctica’s Ronne Ice Shelf into the Weddell Sea. The huge iceberg measures about 1,668 square miles (4,320 square km) in size. That’s slightly bigger than the Spanish island of Majorca (see the comparison in the above image) and about 80 times the size of Manhattan.
Researchers said that the calving of A-76 from the Ronne Ice Shelf was part of the shelf’s normal life span, and might not be directly related to climate change.
The iceberg won’t contribute to to sea level rise as it melts. That’s because it’s floating ice, so it has already displaced the same volume of water it will add to the ocean as it melts.
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