The biggest iceberg in the world, named A23a, appears to have run aground after drifting around the Southern Ocean near ...

After months of floating, the "megaberg" known as A23a has finally come to a halt roughly 50 miles from South Georgia Island ...

A23a started to drift up through the Southern Ocean in 2020, when currents put it on a possible collision course with South Georgia. The iceberg and the island are about the same size in square miles.

After a leisurely five-year journey, the ginormous iceberg A23a appears to have run aground near the Southern Ocean’s South Georgia Island, according to the British Antarctic Survey. A23a weighs ...

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“In recent decades, the numerous icebergs that followed this route through the Southern Ocean broke up, dispersed, and eventually melted rapidly,” he added. “However, as the iceberg breaks ...

"In the last few decades, the many icebergs that end up taking this route through the Southern Ocean soon break up, disperse and melt," added Meijers, who encountered A23a in late 2023 and has ...

Since 2020, however, the mega-iceberg has been “drifting with the currents of the Southern Ocean towards South Georgia,” they added. A23a “has been watched closely” by BAS since then.

Researchers found increased meltwater and rain explain 60% of a decades-long mismatch between predicted and observed temperatures in the ocean around Antarctica.

(CNN) — The biggest iceberg in the world, named A23a, appears to have run aground after drifting around the Southern Ocean near Antarctica since 2020. Weighing nearly a trillion metric tonnes (1 ...