The Antarctic Penetrates Huge Glaciers

Without stopping for a second, the map of the Antarctic changes forever: huge blocks of pack ice are separated and scientists warn of the potential damage that this phenomenon can cause.

The last to be released is the Larsen C which, from the point of view of geological time, separates at a surprising speed from the pack ice.

On its surface abounded melting lagoons of more than 400 square meters and the crack that began to separate it from the mainland measured nearly 200 kilometers long and in some of its parts, the width reached 2,000 meters, according to a published study by National Geographic.

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When the Larsen C crack reached its final expansion, it created an iceberg of about 5,000 square kilometers, 24 times the size of the city of Buenos Aires. Its size exceeded expectations with those who gave it for one of the largest ever recorded, said the Midas Project Specialists, jointly developed by professionals from Swansea and Aberystwyth Universities. .

For its part, a team led by scientists at the University of Colorado's Cooperative Environmental Science Research Institute (CIRES) in Boulder ensured the exponential growth of the meltwater lakes. For specialists, this is a phenomenon that may have caused the collapse of the Larsen B ice pack in 2002.

The group of experts warned that the situation of the platform could have an impact on other vulnerable ice shelves, which would break them, accelerate the release of ice into the ocean and, finally, would contribute to the overall rise in sea level. For some, it is the "beginning of the end".