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World's largest iceberg, A23a, is disintegrating into thousands of pieces alongside penguin refuge — Earth from space

  • NASA captured satellite images on May 3, 2025, showing the world's largest iceberg, A23a, breaking apart near South Georgia island.
  • A23a broke away from Antarctica’s Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986 and stayed stuck on the Weddell Sea floor for more than thirty years before it began drifting toward South Georgia.
  • Edge wasting has reduced A23a's area by about 200 square miles since March 2025, creating thousands of smaller pieces, including a 50-square-mile fragment named A23c.
  • Jan Lieser of the Antarctic Meteorological Service noted that A23a’s extended confinement within a relatively small area was highly unusual compared to other icebergs recorded.
  • As A23a continues disintegrating near the penguin-rich South Georgia, its size title may soon end, possibly affecting the local ecosystem and maritime navigation.
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World’s largest iceberg having a meltdown

Scientists tracking the large mass is being chipped away by natural elements and is rapidly shrinking.

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Live Science broke the news in United States on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
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