The largest iceberg melted in 3.5 years

Scientists have announced the complete "dissolution" of the largest iceberg drifting in the waters of the South Atlantic. A piece that broke away from the ice sheet on the Antarctic Peninsula in 2017 has been melting for almost 3.5 years.

Iceberg, measuring 5.8 square kilometers, drifted across the southern part of the Atlantic. There, warm waters broke it into large, and then into small pieces. Until it eventually melted away completely. The volume of displaced water amounted to more than 150 billion tons. This is commensurate with 60 million pools.

Iceberg A68 is the largest iceberg to have ever broken off and drifted in the water, according to scientists.

The reasons for which the split occurred are considered natural phenomena. However, scientists do not exclude that this could be facilitated by an increase in temperature. As a result, the brittleness of the ice increased.

At the moment, scientists are making the necessary measurements to know for sure how much fresh water spilled into the South Atlantic. This will make it possible to make predictions about possible climate changes.

For 3.5 years, this breakaway piece was studied. Changes in his "life" were recorded by oceanologists and published in specialized publications. A68 became the sixth largest iceberg to break off. And the first of those that drifted in the ocean for so long.

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