Scientists have been warning for months: Antarctica is breaking up. Last March the one known as A74, which was until now the largest iceberg on the planet, completely disintegrated in the sea. It was about the size of Cantabria. A few hours ago, the A-76 iceberg broke off Antarctica from the Brunt Ice Shelf. Now it travels through the Weddell Sea while scientists from all over the world monitor it so that it does not cause problems for ships in the area, because this immense ice sheet is about 170 square kilometers long and 25 square kilometers wide. which would be a little bigger than the extension of the island of Majorca. The recent images were captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, a set of satellites that are constantly observing activity in the most remote place on the planet. It has broken off in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, the largest iceberg on Earth, it is a little bigger than the island of #Mallorca 😮 Captured by @BAS_News and confirmed from @usnatice with images of the # Sentinel1 mission from @CopernicusEU https://t.co/wJNfQXNVUt@ESA_EO pic.twitter.com/UFnnw7bDic – ESA Spain (@esa_es) May 19, 2021 Compared to the A74 that broke off in February, this iceberg is immensely large and could cause problems for Ships and boaters in the area as they drift through the Weddell waters right now. Thaw For months there has been an accelerated thaw of some of the most remote parts of Antarctica. The satellites that are in charge of observing the terrain have already dated several landslides in recent months, something that could affect the ecosystem of the place and the Earth.In this sense, the Barcelona Institute of Marine Sciences is carrying out a study in which they want to show that these thaws could help the formation of clouds, which could contain the solar radiation that the region receives. The research could have consequences on the climate since the clouds would help the planet’s temperatures to not be so warm and the radiation would be lower thanks to these gases that the detached masses would release into the atmosphere. the climatic changes that may occur in the coming years as a result of these landslides in Antarctica.
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