{"id":288930,"date":"2023-11-27T19:10:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T18:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=288930"},"modified":"2023-11-27T19:11:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T18:11:04","slug":"worlds-largest-iceberg-three-times-the-size-of-nyc-starts-moving-for-first-time-in-over-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=288930","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Largest Iceberg, Three Times The Size Of NYC, Starts Moving For First Time In Over 30 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A satellite imagery of the world’s largest iceberg, named A23a, seen in Antarctica, November 15, 2023.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The world\u2019s largest iceberg, which was an ice island for more than 30 years, has resumed drifting, several reports noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iceberg A23a, 1,280 sq. nautical miles (about 1,695 sq. miles or about 4,390 sq. km.) in area, is the largest iceberg in the world,\u00a0per the U.S. National Ice Center<\/a>. This makes it more than three times larger than the\u00a0about 300.45-sq.-mile New York City<\/a>, and larger by about 661 sq. miles than Rhode Island,\u00a0the U.S.\u2019s smallest state<\/a>. However, the visible cliffs are only the tip of the iceberg, as the ice extends farther down below the waterline,\u00a0per the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A23a is about 1,312 feet thick, the BBC reported<\/a>. This makes it 464 feet shorter than the One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the U.S.<\/a>, and nearly twice as tall as the Trump Tower<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A23a calved from West Antarctica\u2019s Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf<\/a> on the Antarctic coastline in 1986 but soon became stranded on the Weddell Sea just north of the shelf, Reuters reported<\/a>. It hosted a Soviet<\/a> research station, Druzhnaya 1, at the time, the BBC noted. (RELATED: Video Of Giant Iceberg Approaching Homes Is Something Straight Out Of A Nightmare)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was grounded since 1986 but eventually it was going to decrease (in size) sufficiently to lose grip and start moving. I spotted first movement back in 2020,\u201d Dr. Andrew Fleming, a remote sensing expert from the British Antarctic Survey, told the BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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