World's largest iceberg to collide with British island

World’s biggest iceberg to collide with British island. How disastrous could this be?
The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, is heading north from Antarctica toward South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. In the past, giant icebergs grounding near South Georgia have caused devastating consequences,
Fears that the world’s biggest iceberg could hit island in the South Atlantic
The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica towards the island of South Georgia.
Antarctica: World's Largest Iceberg A23a Drifts In Atlantic; Likely To Hit British Island South Georgia
For over 30 years, the A23a iceberg stayed anchored to the Antarctic Weddell Sea floor before it shrank and lost its grip on the seafloor which turned it into a massive floating fragment of ice. The iceberg has been floating for the past two years.
World's Largest Iceberg Could Hit British Island And Wreak Havoc — All About A23a
Scientists around the world, as also fishermen and sailors, have their anxious eyes glued on satellite pictures as they are monitoring the daily movements of an iceberg touted to be the world's largest and also one of the oldest.
A23a megaberg: Game of Thrones style ice wall on course to hit British island
It’s also a natural process happening more frequently because of human-caused climate change, said British Antarctic Survey physical oceanographer Andrew Meijers, who examined the iceberg up close in December 2023 when it drifted past the research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough.
World's biggest iceberg risks collision with remote British island
A23a, an iceberg 33 times the size of Paris, is bearing down on the remote British overseas territory of South Georgia almost four decades after having broken off from its Antarctic ice shelf.
Bigger than Mumbai: World's largest iceberg to collide with British island
Currently, 280 kilometers away, iceberg A23a is propelled by potent winds and ocean currents. A23a's mobility has long caught the attention of the scientific community.
World's largest iceberg, 'Megaberg' to collide with British Remote Islands; all about the forthcoming impact
A23a, the world's largest iceberg, poses a major threat as it approaches South Georgia, an island known for its wildlife. With a peak size three times
A23a: World’s Largest Iceberg Threatens Thousands of Penguins On British Island
The world’s largest iceberg – A23a – continues to move along its collision course with the remote British island of South Georgia. If previous iceberg crashes are anything to go by, a bump with this icy behemoth could be a catastrophe for their resident seals,
World’s largest iceberg moves toward an island off Antarctica where millions of penguins live
The trillion-ton slab of ice named A23a could slam into South Georgia Island and get stuck or be guided around it by currents ...
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'Queen of icebergs' A23a is barreling toward a remote South Atlantic island. Millions of animals could be at risk
As of Jan. 16, the megaberg, known as A23a, is roughly 180 miles (290 kilometers) away from South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, according to location coordinates from the U.S. National Ice ...
Gargantuan Iceberg on Island Collision Course: Penguins and Seals at Risk
The world's iceberg is heading for South Georgia—a wildlife haven in the South Atlantic—and scientists are worried.
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Giant iceberg threatens South Georgia: Wildlife at risk as A23a drifts closer
Blimey, this is a bit of a worry! The world’s biggest iceberg, a proper monster of ice known as A23a, is heading straight for ...