{"id":23206,"date":"2025-03-04T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23206"},"modified":"2025-03-04T18:23:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:23:27","slug":"worlds-largest-iceberg-runs-aground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23206","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Largest Iceberg Runs Aground"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">A massive superberg, four times as big as New York City, has halted east of the southern tip of South America.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After months of drifting, the world\u2019s largest iceberg has come to a halt near the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While a \u201cTitanic II\u201d scenario isn\u2019t very likely, and the area\u2019s penguins seem to be mostly safe, the berg may be a symptom of unwelcome change to the Antarctic and the planet.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-31299e01\">How did we get here?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A23a, as the iceberg is officially known, was born in 1986 when it broke off from another iceberg, A23, that had torn away from Antarctica earlier that year. The separation of a smaller ice chunk from a larger one is called calving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Its early life was uneventful; it sat in the Weddell Sea, east of the Antarctic Peninsula, for decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A23a\u2019s travels began in 2020, when it freed itself from the sea floor and began to move. By 2023, it was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/07\/climate\/iceberg-antarctica-a23a.html\" title>ready to leave<\/a> Antarctic waters entirely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"ImageBlock-3\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-1hs5yzu e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\">\n<div class=\"css-nwd8t8\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\">\n<div data-testid=\"lazyimage-container\" style=\"height:466.5777777777778px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A wandering iceberg\u2019s decades-long journey.<\/span><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">British Antarctic Survey<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Optimistic-4\">\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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The separation of a smaller ice chunk from a larger one is called calving.Its early life was uneventful; it sat in the Weddell Sea, east of the Antarctic Peninsula, for decades.A23a\u2019s travels began in 2020, when it freed itself from the sea floor and began to move. By 2023, it was ready to leave Antarctic waters entirely.A wandering iceberg\u2019s decades-long journey.British Antarctic SurveyWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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