World's biggest iceberg heads for disaster

[Arkansas Granny]

Iceberg A68a has been on a slow journey toward cataclysm.

The mass broke from the Antarctic peninsula’s Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017 and headed slowly for the open ocean, sliding through the water for over two years until it hit the powerful Antarctic Circumpolar Current circling the southernmost continent.

And then, like a speed skater, it was on its way. The current propelled the berg on a fast track through what scientists call “iceberg alley,” a northeast route traveled by chunks of ice that break from the peninsula.

https://graphics.reuters.com/CLIMATE-CHANGE/ICEBERG/yzdvxjrbzvx/index.html

[2naSalit]

1. That could be a terrible situation...

And it looks like it's inevitable.

[Rollo]

2. I prefer romaine...

[KY_EnviroGuy]

3. That thing is almost the size of Delaware.

4,200 sq-km vs 5,047 sq-km, and about half the size of Puerto Rico (8,868 sq-km).....

It equates to over 1600 square miles.

It's so sad to read about the potential for damage to wildlife populations on and around the island.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Nature will take it's course. It seem inevitable.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. I have belonged to the Friends of South Georgia Island since I visited

there in 2017. I donate to maintain 4.2 hectares of the island. You can donate here: http://www.fosgi.org

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Looks like an albino version of The Dreadful Flying Glove in "Yellow Submarine"