World’s biggest iceberg runs aground off Antarctica

The trillion-tonne slab of ice, named A23a, now poses a threat to tens of millions of marine animals.

A23a – the world’s largest iceberg – is caught 80 kilometres off the small British abroad territory of South Georgia- which is dwelling to tens of millions of penguins – seals and different marine life.

Even discovering the iceberg could be a problem.

“The South Georgia and South Sandwich Maritime Zone is gigantic, because it’s 1.2 million km² of ocean – It is a huge space,” Laura Sinclair Willis, South Georgia Chief Government stated.

However A23a is not small both.

It is virtually 4 occasions the scale of Canberra – at greater than 3100 sq. kilometres.

It is almost 300 metres tall and it weighs round one trillion tonnes.

There are considerations the melting ice may pressure the meals for tens of millions of marine animals deeper underwater.

The megaberg’s actions, a reminder of Antarctica’s quickly melting ice are brought on by international warming.

In 1986, A23a broke off from Antarctica however remained aground within the Weddell Sea till 2020 when it began shifting north.

5 years on, the large slab of ice has, for now, stopped in its tracks.