An iceberg almost as big as Atlanta and roughly the same size as Malta broke off the Pine Island glacier in Antarctica. The glacier has lost dramatic amounts of ice over the last 25 years as the region warms due to the climate crisis.
A story about a glacier shedding mass at the edge of the world, threatening to raise ocean levels and potentially contribute to untold environmental change.
Sound familiar? That's because it probably is. But if you weren't paying attention before, it probably is worth doing so now.An iceberg has broken off Pine Island Glacier on the edge of Antarctica, according to satellite images taken Tuesday by the European Space Agency .And it's a big one. At more than 300 square kilometers , the iceberg was almost as big as Atlanta and roughly the same size as Malta -- although it very quickly fragmented.
Check out these #Sentinel1 🛰️🇪🇺 captures from yesterday 09 Feb., last week 05 Feb. and 01 Oct., 4 months ago, when large cracks became apparent. pic.twitter.com/iubE8JffVR — Copernicus EU February 10, 2020 This phenomenon of calving isn't new for Pine Island Glacier, according to the ESA.Two large rifts in PIG were spotted in 2019 and scientists have kept a close eye on the cracks and changes. But it has been losing ice over the past 25 years."Since the early 1990s, the Pine Island Glacier's ice velocity has increased dramatically to values which exceed 10 meters a day," the space agency said in a news release.
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