World’s biggest iceberg set to collide with island of penguins

#PureScience #A-68A #SouthGeorgia
A-68A, the world’s biggest iceberg, broke off from Antarctica and is about to collide with South Georgia island, which is home to penguins and seals. ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh explains what potential catastrophe could unfold, and how such icebergs come to be.

Supplementary reading:
Reuters | World’s biggest iceberg heads for disaster https://graphics.reuters.com/CLIMATE-...
British Antarctic Survey | A68 iceberg heads towards South Georgia https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/a68-...
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