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World’s Largest Iceberg Has Officially Gone Rogue
What’s white, weighs roughly one trillion metric tons, and is now heading away from the Antarctic Peninsula? If you guessed iceberg A23a, you’re absolutely right, as this colossal chunk of snow and ice is finally leaving the cradle. Iceberg A23a managed to dislodge itself from the ocean floor in November 2023, but its story actually…
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First-Ever Observations From Under Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Are Bad News
Glaciers all over Antarctica are in trouble as ice there rapidly melts. There’s no Antarctic glacier whose fate is more consequential for our future than the Thwaites Glacier, and new research shows that things aren’t looking good for it.