An iceberg twice as big as New York will get rid of Antarctica

An international team of scientists warns that in "a few months" an iceberg twice as big as the city of New York (United States) will be released from the ice Brunt (Antarctica).

This territory began to crack several years ago and is now approaching the final phase of a "natural process," says an article published on the website of the University of Northumbria (UK). ).

The authors of this study claim that this event is part of the Brunt sea ice life cycle and that a scenario similar to the separation of this ice mbad of more than 1,500 square kilometers would have existed.

Climate change is "a serious problem with repercussions all over the world, and especially in Antarctica", but Hilmar Gudmundsson and his colleagues believe that there is "no sign" indicating that this event "is still produced" is related to this phenomenon.

In fact, this specialist explained that they were following "the movement of the pack ice for many years" and their models show that "this break is fully anticipated", but will not contribute to raising the level of the sea.

The Brunt Shelf is a large mbad that floats on the Weddell Sea (South Atlantic Ocean) and has a thickness between 150 and 250 meters. It consists of fresh water ice falling in the form of snow.

"Once the iceberg has separated from the Brunt Sea Ice, it is likely that it is moving west and is slowly dividing into small icebergs," said glaciologist Jan De Rydt.

RT.