An enormous iceberg bigger than Los Angeles has separated from the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica, the largest to do so in more than half a century. Scientists believe that the calving process is a natural phenomenon and is not related to climate change.
The table iceberg, named D-28 by scientists, broke off the shelf in east Antarctica on September 26. It measures 1636 square kilometres in area, is 210 metres thick and weighs a massive 315 billion tons.The iceberg will now be tracked because it poses a potential hazard for shipping.
"She and her colleagues had been keeping an eye on a nearby location known as"Loose Tooth" since 2002 because of its shape and its precarious attachment to the ice shelf. The great calving glacier of Eqi, GreenlandScientists believe that the calving process is a natural phenomenon and is not related to climate change.
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