A huge iceberg that one once three and a half times the size of London is melting, releasing 152 billion tonnes of fresh water into the ocean!
And according to British singer and One Direction member Harry Styles… "London’s quite big."
Photo via Daily Express
According to Yahoo! News, the “megaberg” has melted the equivalent of 61 million Olympic-sized swimming pools or enough to fill Loch Ness 20 times with a potentially devastating effect on marine habitats.
That’s HUGE!
Experts have taken satellite images to track the iceberg, which has been dubbed A68A, after it snapped from the Larsen-C Ice Shelf in Antarctica in July 2017.
When it first broke off from the ice shelf, it was the largest iceberg on Earth and the sixth largest on the record. It stayed the same size for around two years but started to melt as it drifted and entered seas around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.
The iceberg at its peak measures around 5,719sq km, which is a quarter the size of Wales, and has been melting at a rate of seven meters per month! Oh no…
Photo via The Statesman
Experts have warned that much water released is likely to damage the island’s fragile habitat.
“A68A was an absolutely fascinating iceberg to track all the way from its creation to its end.
“Frequent measurements allowed us to follow every move and break-up of the ice-berg as it moved slowly northwards through iceberg alley and into the Scotia Sea where it then gained speed and approached the island of South Georgia very closely,” says Tommaso Parrinello, CryoSat Mission manager at the European Space Agency.
You see, global warming is real and it's affecting our home!
By: Aishah Akashah Ahadiat
