World’s largest iceberg breaks off from Antarctica

World’s largest iceberg breaks off from Antarctica, says ESA

Scientists say A-76’s dislodging appears to be a natural cycle

21/05/2021

 

Moving away: A view of the newly calved iceberg designated A-76 and captured by the ESA.VIA REUTERSESA

Agence France-Presse Paris

 किस एरिया से टूटकर अलग हुआ है ? 

 और कहां पर चला गया है ? 

 क्या  अभी तक का सबसे बड़ा आइस बर्ग है? 

 नाम क्या है ? 

• A huge ice block has broken off from western Antarctica

•  into the Weddell Sea, 

• becoming the largest iceberg in the world and earning the name A-76.

It is the latest in a series of large ice blocks to dislodge in a region acutely vulnerable to 

• climate change,

•  although scientists said in this case it appeared to be part of a natural polar cycle.

Slightly larger than the Spanish island of Majorca, look below.

 A-76 had been monitored by scientists since May 13 when it began to separate from the Ronne Ice Shelf, according to the U.S. National Ice Center.

The iceberg, measuring कितना बड़ा है यह ? 

•  around 170 km long 

• and 25 km wide, 

• with an area of 4,320 sq km is now floating in the Weddell Sea.

It joins previous world’s largest title holder  इसके पहले का सबसे बड़ा टुकड़ा ? 

• A-23A —

•  approximately 3,880 sq. km. in size — 

• which has remained in the same area since 1986.

A-76 was originally spotted by किसके द्वारा देखा गया 

•  the British Antarctic Survey and 

• the calving — the term used when an iceberg breaks off — was confirmed using images from the Copernicus satellite, the European Space Agency said.

Icebergs form /कब बनते हैं ?  

• when hunks बड़ा टुकड़ा  of ice break off 

• from ice shelves or glaciers and 

• begin to float in open water.

Source : the hindu