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World’s largest iceberg melted – now one trillion tonnes of ice – gone

 The monster iceberg A68 was dumping more than 1.5 billion tonnes of fresh water into the ocean every single day at the height of its melting. To put that in context, it’s about 150 times the amount of water used daily by all UK citizens.

A68 was, for a short period, the world’s biggest iceberg. It covered an area of nearly 6,000 sq km (2,300 sq miles) when it broke free from Antarctica in 2017. But by early 2021, it had vanished. One trilliontonnes of ice, gone.

 BBC 20th Jan 2022

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60060299

January 22, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | ANTARCTICA, climate change