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24 Jan 2023

Another iceberg broken in Antarctica, this iceberg is bigger than Delhi! Latest Hindi News

Due to global warming, Antarctica is constantly suffering losses. The melting of the ice sheet continues here. Now the news of breaking of a huge mountain of ice has come to light in Antarctica

European Space Agency

20 May 2021

World's largest iceberg dissevers in Antarctica, says European Space Agency

The iceberg was spotted by the British Antarctic Survey and confirmed from the US National Ice Center using Copernicus Sentinel-1 imagery The enormity of the berg makes it the largest in the world, snatching first place from the A-23A iceberg (approximately 3880 sq km in size)

09 Dec 2020

Giant iceberg on course to collide with south Atlantic penguin colony island

The gigantic iceberg - dubbed A68a - is on a path to collide with South Georgia Island, a remote British overseas territory off the southern tip of South America. A collision, while looking increasingly likely, could still be avoided if the currents carry the iceberg past the island, Tarling said. Scientists have long been watching this climate-related event unfold, as the iceberg - about the same size as the island itself – has meandered and advanced over two years.

02 Aug 2019

World in race to avoid climate catastrophe, says Guterres

Citing the shattering of temperature records in New Delhi, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the world is in "the race of our lives and for our lives" to avoid a climate change catastrophe.

02 Jul 2018

UAE all set to tow icebergs from Antarctica to meet demand for water

UAE is also aiming to be the first and only desert country in the world to be on the glacial tourism map.

31 Dec 2017

NASA reveals images of newly created iceberg fragmenting into new pieces

The ice in the Arctic and Antarctic regions has long since been under scientists' radar and has been losing ice at a rapid pace.

Antarctic glacier

27 Sep 2017

Huge iceberg breaks off from Antarctic's Pine Island Glacier

The single glacier alone contains 1.7 feet of potential global sea level rise and is thought to be in a process of unstable, ongoing retreat.

Antarctica iceberg

18 Sep 2017

Antarctica iceberg twice the size of London adrift at sea

The iceberg is expected to pass through the British territories of South Georgia and South Sandwich Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

30 Jul 2017

Trillion tonne Antarctic iceberg has lost more pieces post separation – NASA unveils incredible images!

NASA's Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) on Landsat 8 satellite captured a new snap of the 5,800 square kilometre iceberg that split off from the Antarctic Peninsula's Larsen C ice shelf on July 10-12.

Antarctic Ice Shelf

21 Jul 2017

Trillion tonne iceberg that broke off the Larsen C ice shelf is drifting out to sea; new cracks spotted!

The iceberg, dubbed A68, is already shifting shape along with the remaining Larsen C ice shelf itself.

12 Jul 2017

Trillion tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica shelf

The iceberg weighs a staggering trillion tonnes and has an area of 5,800 sq km.

15 Feb 2016

150,000 Antarctica penguins die after giant iceberg traps colony

The huge iceberg dubbed 'B09B' measuring about 100 square kilometres (38.6 square miles), became trapped in Commonwealth Bay in East Antarctica in December 2010.

Antarctica penguins

14 Feb 2016

150,000 Antarctica penguins die after iceberg grounding: Study

The B09B iceberg, measuring some 100 sq kms, grounded in Commonwealth Bay in East Antarctica in December 2010, researchers from Australia and New Zealand said.

Titanic iceberg' photo

18 Oct 2015

Titanic iceberg' photo may fetch 15k pounds at auction

A grainy black-and-white photograph believed to be that of the infamous iceberg that sunk the luxury liner Titanic in 1912 is expected to fetch up to 15,000 pounds when it goes under the hammer in UK.

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