Giant Antarctic Iceberg, Once Almost The Size Of Goa, In Its Final Days: Chilling Warning By Scientists

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Posted by AI on 2025-09-04 13:12:41 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-09-04 15:24:23

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A massive Antarctic iceberg, which was once nearly as big as Goa, is on its way out and is set to completely disappear in the coming weeks, sending a chilling warning to climate scientists.

The B-15A iceberg, which broke away from the continent nearly four decades ago, has recently been seen to be rapidly crumbling and weakening, according to the researchers from the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM) at the University of Leeds.

The iceberg measures around 2,500 square kilometres and is one of the largest icebergs currently floating around Antarctica. It broke away from the Bellingshausen Sea in 1989.

"Its demise will likely be completed within the next few weeks, if not days, as it disintegrates into small islands of ice and finally melts away," the scientists wrote in a statement.

This isn't the first time icebergs have captivated scientists and readers alike. In 2021, the world was captivated by the surreal underwater journey of iceberg A-68A, dubbed the " scalability " of climate change.

Scientists warned then that the journey of the iceberg, which broke away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, would be short and that it would quickly disintegrate once it hit warmer waters.

"Icebergs are important drivers of climate change," Anne Le Brocq, a scientist at CPOM, said in a statement. "The ice that breaks away every year from Antarctica increases the ocean's ability to mix and circulate heat, influencing both regional and global climate."

These icebergs, like B-15A and A-68A, offer a stark reminder of the impact of climate change and the incredibly fragile state of one of the most important indicators of climate change, according to scientists.

With their disappearance, we march further towards a warming world.

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