NASA: Sizing Up a Tabular Iceberg This post first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory and was written by Kathryn Hansen In terms of size, only one iceberg can reign supreme at a time—a position recently held by Iceberg A-76 in the Weddell Sea. When the ‘berg calved from Antarctica’s Ronne Ice Shelf in May 2021, it became the largest iceberg floating anywhere in the world. Related: […] Brains SnowBrains | June 3, 2021 0 Comments
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NASA: The Story Behind the New Iceberg Twice the Size of Chicago This post first appeared on NASA’s Earth Observatory Site Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf finally calved a large iceberg in February 2021, two years after rifts opened rapidly across the ice and raised concerns about the shelf’s stability. The break was first detected by GPS equipment on February 26, 2021, and then confirmed the next day with radar images from the […] Brains SnowBrains | March 4, 2021 0 Comments
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