A huge iceberg will come out of Antarctica: it is twice as big as New York

The Antarctic will lose in a short time a huge block of ice more than 1,000 km, which according to NASA, will generate an iceberg twice as big as New York City.

The space agency announced that the piece of ice would fall due to a crack that appeared in October 2016 and which became longer and deeper. We do not know when it will happen, although they have noticed which could affect the rest of the continental shelfthat is, the scientists who work there.

In his announcement, NASA compared a photo from this area, made from the Landsat satellite, dated January 1986, with another from January 2019 where we can see a crack that runs through the west is all the part that will come off and that will have the shape of a coastal cape.

When this fissure meets another that crosses the tip from south to north, the territory remains to become a huge iceberg whose direction is unpredictable, as well as the effect it will have on the rest of the surface, says the agency EFE.

The second gap already existed and remained stable for 35 years, NASA said, but its growth has accelerated and he was prolonging northward at a speed greater than 4 kilometers per year.

NASA has confirmed data that raises concerns about the unpredictability of its route, once it's formed: "It's going to be a big size, and it may be the biggest broken iceberg on the road." Brunt floe since the start of observations in 1915. Scientists are currently investigating whether the loss will cause surface change even more and eventually become unstable or break. "

Increasing fissures that fracture the surface of Antarctica are generated security concerns for people working on the continental shelf.

In March of last year, the method eltrece and TN José Bianco went to Antarctica. On the way, he flew over the area where the big crack is recorded: the images are cinematographic.