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The drifting giant A68 iceberg released billions of tons of fresh water in South Georgia ecosystem
Scientists monitoring the giant A68a iceberg from space reveal that a huge amount of freshwater was released as it melted around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. An estimated 152 billion ...
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A68a iceberg heading for South Georgia shifts direction and loses a chunk of mass
“You can almost imagine it as a handbrake turn for the iceberg because the currents were so strong,” Geraint Tarling, a BAS biological oceanographer said Strong currents have taken hold of a ...
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The Largest Iceberg In The World Has Become Trapped In An Ocean Vortex, Slowly Spinning In Circles Near The South Orkney Islands
They can also help reveal what kind of life could form around A23a. The iceberg followed a route similar to the one that the ...
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Weather satellite captures drift of giant iceberg
At 4,200 sq km in area, A68a is the world's biggest iceberg. It is slowly drifting away from Antarctica, where it calved, towards the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia. This movie was ...